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Giant Kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera)Observer
w_martinDescription
Giant Kelp Forest
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Pycnogonids (Class Pycnogonida)Observer
drelodiecamprasseDescription
Night dive on The Ozone shipwreck
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Blue Dragon (Pteraeolidia semperi)Observer
wayneosbornDescription
1977 film scan. Date show is approximate.
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Black Doris (Dendrodoris nigra)Observer
nomennudumDescription
Marine Research Group of the FNCV fieldtrip.
Seen together with other MRG members.
One individual seen.
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drelodiecamprasseDescription
IDing the striped arms sticking out of the sand
St Leonards pier night dive
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Southern Cardinalfish (Vincentia conspersa)Observer
tiffanykoschDescription
brooding embryos in his mouth
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Shark Leeches (Genus Pontobdella)Observer
nomennudumDescription
Marine leech I found underneath a rock, at low tide.
Ca. 25 mm when out of water, to ca. 45 mm when in water.
Using the key in Burreson (2020, Invertebrate Systematics 34), keys to Pontobdella. Unfortunately my images don't show the oral suckers clearly, and I don't know if paired eyespots are present or not. Possibly P. moorei or P. leucothela, based on species that have been recorded in Victoria.
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Janolus ignisObserver
luca_dtDescription
Finally a nice big adult. They are extraordinarily beautiful.
This one was sitting on a small bush of Catenicellid bryozoans, but surrounded by quite a few other bushes.
I also saw a smaller red one in a separate bryozoan (Last image).
~3.5cm long
~3m subtidal
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wildrooDescription
Could not stop the lense fogging over in the middle of a thunderstorm
A short vid of these two
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Pycnogonids (Class Pycnogonida)Observer
jillybean1970Description
2 sea spiders
Under a rock in the intertidal zone.
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Scribbled Nudibranch (Doriopsilla miniata)Observer
nbsscDescription
Photo by M. Larkin and C. Westley
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Great Spider Crab (Leptomithrax gaimardii)Observer
marciariedererDescription
Great Spider Crabs in the background.
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Rostanga bifurcataObserver
fiftygritDescription
showing a trail of bite marks
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Genus BursatellaObserver
possumpeteDescription
I haven't seen this species before, but they completely covered the rock shelf. About 5-10cm long. Exuded purple slime when disturbed.
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Yellow-bellied Sea Snake (Hydrophis platurus)Observer
ghgDescription
Washed up on beach. Taken by Zoos Victoria.
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Genus ElysiaObserver
johneichlerDescription
Elysia sp. RB1 of Burn, 2015 Nudibranchs and Related molluscs.
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Little Gurnard Perch (Maxillicosta scabriceps)Observer
mattytestoniDescription
Multiple individual present at night
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Pycnogonids (Class Pycnogonida)Observer
emikokDescription
sea spider is eating anteaolidiella sp
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nomennudumDescription
One individual found by someone else during the Marine Research Group foray .
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Eastern Dwarf Tree Frog (Litoria fallax)Observer
glenjohnterryDescription
Single photo enhanced with easyHDR 3.15.2: 963BD0EB-B34A-4F97-B9E1-347B4D38266C_1_105_c.jpeg
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Paliolla cookiObserver
shaunruxDescription
Under small flat rock. Size 12mm. Depth 4 metres. Temp 12cel.
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Pallenella ambiguaObserver
dannyleeDescription
I think this may be a Pseudopanella ambigua but I'm not sure.
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Achelia shepherdiObserver
marinejanineDescription
Body 1mm; legs 2mm. Found at 50cm deep, lowest tide. Recorded during SACReD field work, supported by small community grant 2015-16, from Northern & Yorke NRM. Species identification by D. Staples, Museum Victoria.
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Genus AnoplodactylusObserver
marinejanineDescription
Unusual colour form (pink and khaki). Sea spider was 1cm across when legs were not contracted.
1m deep, at low tide. Found in sample of mixed brown and red algae, collected under permit.
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nicolaslenaremyDescription
A pair of sea spiders that i suspect were mating. Would like to confirm the species name and behavior.
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Tambja dracomusObserver
christophermarkDescription
Interesting yellow colouration.
possibly sp RB2
