LEARNING & EDUCAtION reSOUrCES
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For over a decade we have developed a vast library of informative articles for members and locals to download and enjoy. Get to know your marine neighbours on the South Coast of NSW…
To access an article click on the italics blue text in the 'Scientific Name' column. We hope you enjoy them and can expand your local knowledge using these factsheets. Many thanks to Dr Jenny Edwards for contributing so much of her scientific knowledge and expertise.
Marine Life Articles
Fish
Cowfish and turret fish
Lactoria diaphana & Tetrosomos gibbbosus
Big-bellied seahorse
Hippocampus abdominalis
Black rockcod
Epinephelus daemelii
Threatened Black rockcod
Epinephelus daemelii
Silver bream
Acanthropagus australis
Hula fish
Trachinops taeniatus
Leatherjackets
Meuschenia
Rock cale & kelpfish
Aplodactylus & Chironemus
Sand divers
Limnichthys fasciatus
Smooth & common toadfish
Tetractenos glaber & T hamiltoni
Damselfish
Damselfish - some local species
Moray eels
Gymnothorax prasinus
Seahorses
Sygnathids
Wrasses
Wrasses - some local species
What we know
About Fish
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Under Threat
Local fish species
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Molluscs
BIVALVES
Angel wing shells
Pholadidae - Barnea australasiae
Bivalves
Veneridae
Fingernail or Razor shells
Solenidae - Solen spp
Cephalopods
Cephalopods
Octopus, squid and cuttlefish
Octopus
Octopus tetricus and O. pallidus
Squid
Squid eggs
Giant Cuttlefish
Sepia apama
Giant Cuttlefish courting
Sepia apama
Gastropods
Blue australwinks
Nodilittorina unifasciata & N.pyramidalis
Periwinkles
Nerita spp & Bembicium nanum
Mulberry Whelk
Morula marginalba
Zebra top shells
Austrocochlea porcata
Elephant snails
Scutus antipodes
Mud whelks
Pyrazus ebeninus & Batillaria australis
Sand snails and their eggs
Polinices spp
Cartrut shell and purple dye
Dicathais orbita
Variegated limpet
Cellana tramoserica
Chapmans & Perons limpets
Patella chapmani & Scutellastra peroni
Maltese Cross limpet
Patelloida mufria
Slit limpet
Clypidina rugosa
Clusterwinks
Hinea brasiliana
Sydney turban shells
Turbo torquatus
Sydney turban shells and warreners
Turbo torquatus & T. undulatus
Collecting Turban Shells
Pressure for human food
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Violet sea snails
Janthina janthina
Triton egg cups
Spenglers & Hairy Triton/Whelk
Necklace shells
Bankivia fasciata
Hairy triton or whelk
Cymatium parthenopeum
Marine snail eggs
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NUDIBRANCHS
Blue Dragon nudibranch
Pterolidia ianthina
Imperial nudibranch
Plocamopherus imperialis
opisthobranchs
Sea Hare
Dolabrifera dolabrifera
Sea lizard
Glaucus atlanticus
Sea lizard update
Glaucus atlanticus
PULMONATES
Siphon limpets
Siphonaria deticulata & S virgulata
When is a shell not a mollusc
Lamp shells
Brachiopoda
Algae & Seagrasses
Ball weed
Colpomenia spp- flakes in the sea
Dead man's fingers overseas
Codium fragile
Mermaid's Hair
Gracilaria
Neptune's necklace
Hormosira banksii
Seagrass balls
Posidonia
Sex in the Sea
Seaweed
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Ascidians & Salps
Cunjevoi
Pyura stolonifera
Brain ascidian
Sycozoa cerebriformis
Chordata
Colonial tunicates
Pyrosoma atlanticum
Salps
Thalia democratica and Salpa maxima
Sea tulips
Pyura gibbosa & P spinifera
Bryozoans
Lace bryozoans
Triphyllozoon moniliferum & Iodictyum phoeniceum
Cnidarians
Corals, Anemones & Jellies
Colonising marine animals
Zoantharia
Cnidarians
Coral like creatures
Crystal or umbrella jelly
Aequorea sp
Mosaic and lion's mane jellies
Catostylus mosaicus & Cyanea sp
Purple stinger
Pelagia noctiluca
Jelly & anemone with symbiotic algae
Catostylus & Oulactis
Waratah Anemones
Actinia tenebrosa
Swimming anemones
Phlyctenactis tuberculosa
Swimming Anemones
Boloceroides mcmurrichi
Green & speckled anemones
Aulactinia veratra & Oulactis muscosa
Anemones & Zooanthids
Anemones & zooanthids
Rare hydroids
Candelabrum australe
Bluebottles and by-the-wind-sailors
Physalia sp & Velella velella
Stingers on the South Coast
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Crustaceans
Crustaceans
Crustaceans and their larvae
Goose barnacles
Lepas anserifera & L anatifera
Barnacles
Barnacles general information
Rock barnacles
Chthamalus, Tetraclitella & Tesseropera
Darwin's barnacle
Elminius modestus
Red-nippered marsh crab
Sesarma erythrodactyla
Red bait crab
Plagusia chabrus
Soldier crabs
Mictyris longicarpus & M platycheles
Semaphore crabs
Heloecius cordiformis
Swift-footed or steelback crab
Leptograpsus variegatus
Rasping hermit crab
Strigopagurus strigomanus
Pistol shrimps
Alpheus spp
Ctenophores
Comb jellies
Bolinopsis sp
Echinoderms
Echinoderms
Echinoderms seen by divers
Brittle Stars
Ophionereis schayeri
Eight-armed seastar
Meridastra (Patiriella) calcar
Little or rockpool seastar
Parvulastra (Patiriella) exigua
Feather stars
Crinoids
Firebrick seastar & sea slug
Asterodiscides & Onchidium
Sea cucumbers
Leptosynapta & Chiridota
Sticky sea cucumber
Leptosynapta dolabrifera
Urchins
Sea urchins - general
Pests
European fan worm invasion
Sabella spallanzanii
Sharks/rays
Grey nurse shark
Carcharias taurus
Port Jackson shark
Heterodontus portusjacksoni
Wobbegong shark
Orectolobus maculatus & O ornatus
Sharks and their eggs
Crested Horn shark
Heterodontus galeatus
Stingarees
Trygonoptera spp & rarer ones
Stingrays and Stingarees
Watch your step
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Fiddler or Banjo ray
Trygonorrhina fasciata
Fiddler rays mating
Trygonorrhina fasciata
Smooth stingrays
Bathytoshia
Sharks under threat
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Sponges
Golf ball sponges
Tethya corticata
Sponges
Hard to identify
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Whales
Southern right whales
Eubalaena australis
Southern right whales, endangered listing
Eubalaena australis
Whales as gardeners
Nutrient recycling
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Worms
Sydney "coral" worm
Galeolaria caespitosa
Peanut worms
Phascolosoma noduliferum
Beach worm predators
Polychaetes - Eunice aphrodite
Beach worms
Polychaetes - Australonuphis teres & A parateres
Lug worms & their sand coils
Polychaetes - Arenicolidae family
General Articles
Sessile animals seen by divers
Sponges and Ascidians
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Sex in the Sea
Animals
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Split Personalities
Flatworms and Allostichaster (Seastar)
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Shell deposits
What they tell us
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Snorkelling Advice
Read before you go below!
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Plastic Pollution
Our litter can be fatal
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Ocean Pollution
Troubled Waters
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Pumice rafts
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Sea Turtles
of the South coast
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Marine Park
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Whale photo competition
The winners
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Australia's ancient seas
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Community support for Batemans Marine Park
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South Coast underwater canyons
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Stingers on the South Coast
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David Rowland's Underwater Discoveries
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