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Common Shutwing, *Cordulephya pygmaea*, male. © Chris Burwell. Species not assigned to a family
Several genera of Australian dragonflies are currently not assigned to a particular family. These include 3 genera in south-east Queensland that do not form a cohesive recognisable group.
Insects
Dragonflies
Family Synlestidae, Southern Whitetip, *Episynlestes albicauda*. © Chris Burwell. Damselflies of south-east Queensland
A total of 38 species of damselflies have been recorded from south-east Queensland, divided among seven different families. South-east Queensland (SEQ) is treated as the area from Noosa Shire south to the Gold Coast and Scenic Rim and west to the Lockyer and Somerset regional councils.
Insects
Damselflies
Family Petaluridae, Coastal Petaltail, *Petalura litorea*. © Chris Burwell. Dragonflies of south-east Queensland
A total of 77 species of dragonflies have been recorded from south-east Queensland. Of these, 73 species are divided among seven different families. The other four species are currently not assigned to a particular family. South-east Queensland (SEQ) is treated as the area from Noosa Shire south to the Gold Coast and Scenic Rim and west to the Lockyer and Somerset regional councils.
Insects
Dragonflies
Elegant Squat Lobster, *Allogalathea elegans*. © Queensland Museum, Gary Cranitch. Elegant Squat Lobster
The Elegant Squat Lobster has longitudinal stripes, and grows up to 15 mm in length. It is found in Northern Australia; Indo-West Pacific, east Africa to Fiji.
Crustaceans
Coral Swimmer Crab, *Charybdis feriata*. © Queensland Museum, Peter Davie. Coral Swimmer Crab
The Coral Swimmer Crab reaches up to 160 mm in carapace width. It occurs in Australia, except for the southern coast; Indo-West Pacific from East Africa to Japan.
Crustaceans
Common Box Crab, *Calappa hepatica*. © Queensland Museum, Peter Davie. Common Box Crab
The Common Box Crab is pale olive to olive-grey or olive-yellow, with flecking but not strong markings. It reaches about 50 mm in carapace width. It occurs in tropical and subtropical Australia; Indo-Pacific from Red Sea to Clipperton Is., east Pacific.
Crustaceans
Eastern King Prawn, *Penaeus plebejus*. © Queensland Museum, Bruce Cowell. Eastern King Prawn
The Eastern King Prawn has a cream to yellow body. Females grow up to 300 mm in length, males up to 190 mm. They are found in eastern Australia, from south-east Qld to Lakes Entrance, Vic.
Crustaceans
Cleft-fronted Bait Crab, *Guinusia dentipes*. © Queensland Museum, Gary Cranitch. Cleft-fronted Bait Crab
The Cleft-fronted Bait Crab has short hairs on its body and legs, and can reach 70 mm in carapace width. It occurs in eastern Qld; also subtropical and tropical western and eastern Pacific (north to Japan and south-east to Easter Island).
Crustaceans
Sydney Rock Oyster, Saccostrea glomerata. © Queensland Museum, Gary Cranitch. Sydney Rock Oyster
The Sydney Rock Oyster is the most ecologically and commercially important species of the oyster family from Australian waters. It is found along the east coast of Australia, and New Zealand.
Molluscs
Bivalves
Evening Brown, Melanitis leda, pinned adult specimen. © Queensland Museum. Evening Brown
The Evening Brown butterfly rests on the ground during the day and flies at dusk. The green caterpillars have horned heads and feed on a variety of grasses.
Insects
Butterflies
Southern Whitetip, *Episynlestes albicauda*, male. © Chris Burwell. Needles and whitetips
The Synlestidae are large, dark-coloured damselflies with pale markings and long abdomens. They breed in streams in rivers.
Insects
Damselflies
Three-spotted Swimmer Crab, *Portunus sanguinolentus*. © Queensland Museum, Peter Davie. Three-spotted Swimmer Crab
The Three-spotted Swimmer Crab is common, trawled in Moreton Bay and adjacent coastal waters. Often swims at surface at night.
Crustaceans
Coastal Petaltail, *Petalura litorea*, male. © Chris Burwell. Petaltails
Petaltails are very large, dull-coloured dragonflies with eyes separated on the top of the head. Males have distinctive, leaf-like cerci on the tip of the abdomen.
Insects
Dragonflies
Sapphire Rockmaster, *Diphlebia coerulescens*, male. © Chris Burwell. Rockmasters
Rockmasters are very large, robust damselflies that rest with wings spread. Males are black with blue markings, and females dull-coloured. They breed in flowing waters.
Insects
Damselflies
Brown Tiger Prawn, *Penaeus esculentus*. © Queensland Museum, Bruce Cowell. Brown Tiger Prawn
The Brown Tiger Prawn is a large, banded prawn growing to 235 mm in length. It occurs on mud or sandy mud, and is found in northern Australia from Shark Bay, WA, to central NSW.
Crustaceans
Oakview Leaf-tailed Gecko, Phyllurus kabikabi. © Queensland Museum, Gary Cranitch. Oakview Leaf-tailed Gecko
The Oakview Leaf-tailed Gecko if found in Oakview National Park, via Kilkivan, South east Queensland.
Reptiles
Geckos
Redclaw, *Cherax quadricarinatus*. © Queensland Museum, Jeff Wright. Redclaw
Redclaw crayfish make short burrows around the waterline, or underneath submerged rocks and fallen trees. Introduced to south-east Queensland through aquaculture, farm dams, and aquarium interests, and now feral in Lake Samsonvale, Wivenhoe Dam, and freshwater sections of Bremer and Brisbane Rivers.
Crustaceans
European Garden Snail, Cornu aspersum. © Queensland Museum, Jeff Wright. European Garden Snail
The European Garden Snail is a very common garden and agricultural pest originally from Europe, the Middle East and North Africa, but is now a widespread invader throughout the world. Occurs throughout most of southern and eastern Australia and northwards to the Atherton Tablelands in north-eastern Queensland.
Molluscs
Gastropods
Land snails
Japanese Hooded Nudibranch, *Melibe japonica*. Courtesy of Rod Foster. Japanese Hooded Nudibranch
The Japanese Hooded Nudibranch is an enormous species of nudibranch (reaching a length of over 50 cm). This striking species that has a spoon-like oral hood has been commonly observed in south-east Queensland by divers and caught in nets of commercial trawlers.
Molluscs
Gastropods
Nudibranchs
Shiny Bait Crab, *Davusia glabra*. © Queensland Museum, Jeff Wright. Shiny Bait Crab
The Shiny Bait Crab is found in crevices and pools on exposed rocky shores in eastern Qld. It is common at Point Lookout, on North Stradbroke Island.
Crustaceans
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