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Name	Summary	Subject categories
Military Turban	The Military Turban is one of the larger species of its family (Turbinidae), growing to approximately 100 mm in shell length and is frequently seen subtidally by divers, sometimes sporting encrusting worm tubes or algal growths. It is found in Eastern Australia.	Molluscs Gastropods Marine snails
Flatwings	Flatwings are medium-sized to large, dark-coloured damselflies, with pale markings that can be cream, yellowish, orange or sometimes bluish. Only one SEQ species develops a thick, powdery coating with age. Flatwings have clear wings that they spread out when they perch. They breed in flowing waters, or boggy seepages and swamps.	Insects Damselflies
Cream Wafer Tellin	The Cream Wafer Tellin lives deeply burrowed in shallow subtidal sandy habitats. Found in tropical and subtropical Australia.	Molluscs Bivalves
Kuiter's Nudibranch	Kuiter's Nudibranch is commonly 40-60 mm when extended although some specimens may grow to 75 mm. The species has a strong warning colour pattern. It is found throughout northern Australia and the south-western Pacific.	Molluscs Gastropods Nudibranchs
Pyramid Periwinkle	The Pyramid Periwinkle is one of several periwinkle species that commonly live on our rocky shores. It grows to about 20 mm in length, is very common in the high intertidal zone, and ranges from southern Queensland around southern Australia to Fremantle, WA.	Molluscs Gastropods Marine snails
Ram’s Horn Squid or Tail-light Squid	The Ram’s Horn Squid is a rarely seen deep-water species that has a light emitting organ at the tail-end of its body. The internal spirally-coiled shell, is composed of numerous gas-filled chambers that give the squid buoyancy. Tail-light Squids are cosmopolitan, occurring in all oceans.	Molluscs Cephalopods
Wiretails and pinflies	Wiretails and pinflies are medium-sized to large, elongate damselflies. Males have a thin abdomen, thickened at the tip. Both males and females are dull-coloured, with pale markings on the thorax. The males of all species develop a pale powdery coating with age. These damselflies perch almost vertically at rest, with wings clasped together.	Insects Damselflies
Pygmy Wisp	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.	Insects Damselflies
Fine-speckled Semi-slug	The Fine-speckled Semi-slug has an attractive, medium-sized, ear-shaped shell with a silky, amber-green appearance. It lives under logs and fallen palm fronds in rainforest and drier forests, and can frequently be found in suburban gardens. It is found from Taree in New South Wales northwards to about Rockhampton, Queensland.	Molluscs Gastropods Land snails
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
Graceful Treefrog	The Graceful Treefrog is bright green with yellow slides, belly and feet. It is found coastally from Cape York, Queensland, to the Gosford area of New South Wales.	Frogs
Eugarie	The Eugarie (also known as the Common Pipi) is a mollusc that is a very common shell on surf beaches. Dead and broken shells of this species are a common feature on the shoreline. It is found Australia-wide.	Molluscs Bivalves
Lotus Flower Nudibranch	The Lotus Flower Nudibranch lives on shallow water reefs (intertidal down to 30 m) where it feeds on the polyps of hydroids (sea ferns). It occurs in temperate, subtropical and tropical Australia.	Molluscs Gastropods Nudibranchs
Smooth Fan Lobster	The Smooth Fan Lobster is found on soft stony substrates, 90–180 m depth, in Southern Qld, and northern NSW.	Crustaceans
Eastern Brown Snake	The Eastern Brown Snake may be any shade of brown but can also be grey or black. Some individuals are banded. The belly is typically cream with pink or orange spots. It is found over most of Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria.	Reptiles Snakes
Rose Petal Bubble Snail	The Rose Petal Bubble Snail is carnivorous and feeds on certain marine polychaete (bristle) worms. It is most commonly encountered in shallow water bays during its breeding season (summer to early autumn) when specimens will lay strings of white, spaghetti-like ropes of eggs. It is found almost Australia-wide.	Molluscs Gastropods Marine snails
Tent-Web Spiders	Tent-Web Spiders (genus Cyrtophora) are found throughout eastern and tropical northern Australia, with three species often found in urban environments. The largest and most commonly encountered species, C. moluccensis, is abundant in backyards in eastern Queensland, including around Brisbane.	Spiders
Land Snails, Slugs and Freshwater Snails	The terrestrial environment is home to a vast array of snails and slugs. Many native land snails and slugs live in the moist layers of litter on the forest floor and other moist habitats such as rotting logs, under rocks or beneath debris. In eastern Australia, they are particularly diverse in rainforest areas. The freshwater environment also hosts a variety of snails.	Molluscs Gastropods Land snails
Red-triangle Slug	The Red-triangle Slug is common in the greater Brisbane region of south-eastern Queensland. This species which lives in coastal forests from around Wollongong NSW north to Mossman in northern Qld has many colour forms.	Molluscs Gastropods Land snails
Lined Nerite	The Lined Nerite is characterised by its finely grooved shell. This species of Nerite snail lives in association with mangrove trees. It is found in Tropical Australia.	Molluscs Gastropods Marine snails

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