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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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Ornate Spiny Lobster The Ornate Spiny Lobster is one of the largest crayfish species, and can reach 500 mm in length. It is found on sandy, muddy or rocky substrates, and also on coral reefs. In shallow, sometimes slightly turbid coastal waters, from Albany, WA, across northern Australia to northern 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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Banded Coral Shrimp The Banded Coral Shrimp has a reddish-brown banded body and claws, and can reach 90 mm in length. It is found in northern Australia from North West Cape, WA, to southern NSW; Indo-Pacific to West Atlantic.
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Hairy Swimmer Crab The Hairy Swimmer Crab is a very stout, solidly built swimming crab that can grow to 145 mm in carapace width. It occurs in northern Australia from Exmouth Gulf, WA, to Sydney.
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Stalk-eyed Swimmer Crab The Stalk-eyed Swimmer Crab occurs over sandy-mud and weed substrates, occasionally taken in pots and bait nets, shallow subtidal zone to 20 m depth. It is found in Northern Australia from Exmouth Gulf, WA, to Moreton Bay.
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Oak Chiton The Oak Chiton is easily recognised by its mottled grey, green, and black leathery girdle. It lives exposed on rocks in the intertidal and shallow subtidal zones. It is found from Central Queensland southwards to southern WA.
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Girdled Periwinkle The Girdled Periwinkle is striking, varying from yellow to brown, orange or pink. At low tide these molluscs 'glue' their shells to the bark or leaves of mangrove trees to stop themselves from drying out. This species is distributed from Botany Bay, New South Wales, around northern Australia to Exmouth Gulf, WA.
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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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Spanner Crab The Spanner Crab is found in the intertidal zone to more than 100 m; prefers bare sandy areas. It is widespread, northern Australia from Houtman Abrolhos, WA, to southern NSW.
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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.
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Smooth-handed Ghost Crab The Smooth-handed Ghost Crab can be found on top of frontal dunes to about 200 m inland. It is often seen scurrying about beach campsites. It occurs in northern Australia from Kimberley, WA, to northern NSW.
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Geography Cone The Geography Cone is a large species of cone snail with the shell reaching up to about 120 mm long. Geography Cones live on sand and rubble, under rocks and coral in the intertidal and subtidal zones. They are found from north WA to southern Queensland, and are widely distributed throughout the Indo-West Pacific.
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Chitons Chitons differ from other molluscs by having an 8-plated shell, which is held together by a tough band of tissues known as the girdle. The various types of chitons are distinguished by colour and structural differences in the plates and girdle
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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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Hunters, vicetails, tigers and dragons These dragonflies are predominantly black and yellow, with the eyes narrowly separated on the top of the head. The wings are clear. Most species are associated with flowing streams, but a few breed in standing waters.
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Spotted Velvet Gecko The Spotted Velvet Gecko is uncommon in suburban Brisbane; abundant in surrounding bush-land. Coast and ranges from mid-eastern Queensland to north-eastern New South Wales.
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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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