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Giant Triton
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The Giant or Trumpet Triton is one of the largest snails, reaching a length of 50 cm. Several island cultures use the shells as ceremonial trumpets. This species occurs throughout the tropical Indo-Pacific.
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Molluscs
Gastropods Marine snails |
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Purple-mouthed Kookaburra Whelk
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The Purple-mouthed Kookaburra Whelk is so named because of its striking profile resemblance to a perched kookaburra and the purple tinge around the aperture. In reality it is actually a species of triton - Family Cymatiidae. The species is distributed across the Indo-West Pacific.
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Molluscs
Gastropods Marine snails |
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Brown Tiger Prawn
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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.
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Crustaceans
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Pygmy Wisp
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The Pygmy Wisp is a tiny damselfly that inhabits ponds, swamps and fringes of dams and lakes with plentiful aquatic vegetation. Mature males are dark brown or black with greenish markings and a reddish tip to the abdomen. Young females are mostly red and become black and green as they age.
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Insects
Damselflies |
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Red-rumped Wisp
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The Red-rumped Wisp is a tiny damselfly that inhabits a variety of standing water habitats, including small, well-vegetated ponds, dams and swamps. It is very similar to the Pgymy Wisp but males have more of the tip of the abdomen reddish. However, only female Red-rumped Wisps are known from south-east Queensland.
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Insects
Damselflies |
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