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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.
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Yellow-striped Hermit The Yellow-striped Hermit is common in a variety of habitats, from exposed rocky headlands, to reefs and mangroves, intertidal and shallow subtidal zones. Occurs in northern Australia from Shark Bay, WA to Port Hacking, NSW.
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Banana Prawn The Banana Prawn grows to 240 mm in length. It is widespread, found in northern Australia from Shark Bay, WA, to northern NSW; also from the Red Sea into Asia.
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Horn-eyed Ghost Crab The Horn-eyed Ghost Crab is common on the open beach below frontal dunes in the intertidal zone. Most active at night. It is found in northern Australia from Shark Bay, WA, to northern NSW.
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Moreton Bay Bug The Moreton Bay Bug (also called Flathead Lobster or Shovel-nosed Lobster) is found over muddy-sand substrates in inshore waters to about 60 m depth. Northern Australia.
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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.
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Estuarine Stonefish Stonefish are the most venomous of all fishes. They are found throughout shallow coastal waters of the northern half of Australia. Stonefish are extremely well camouflaged and often almost indistinguishable from their natural surrounds. The venomous dorsal fin spines can cause extremely painful wounds and other serious medical issues.
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Red-rumped Wisp 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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