urchins's Identifications
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streglystendecDescription
Middleton Point at low tide. River Murray flood waters have resulted in large number of dead fish, bivalves and other marine invertebrates washing onto the beach. The bivalves and marine invertebrates normally inhabit the littoral sand zone but could not survive the large influx of Murray water into the ocean.
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Parchment Tubeworms (Family Chaetopteridae)Observer
streglystendecDescription
Middleton Point at low tide. River Murray flood waters have resulted in large number of dead fish, bivalves and other marine invertebrates washing onto the beach. The bivalves and marine invertebrates normally inhabit the littoral sand zone but could not survive the large influx of Murray water into the ocean.
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Animals (Kingdom Animalia)Observer
streglystendecDescription
Middleton Point at low tide. River Murray flood waters have resulted in large number of dead fish, bivalves and other marine invertebrates washing onto the beach. The bivalves and marine invertebrates normally inhabit the littoral sand zone but could not survive the large influx of Murray water into the ocean.
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Animals (Kingdom Animalia)Observer
streglystendecDescription
Middleton Point at low tide. River Murray flood waters have resulted in large number of dead fish, bivalves and other marine invertebrates washing onto the beach. The bivalves and marine invertebrates normally inhabit the littoral sand zone but could not survive the large influx of Murray water into the ocean.
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Parchment Tubeworms (Family Chaetopteridae)Observer
streglystendecDescription
Middleton Point at low tide. River Murray flood waters have resulted in large number of dead fish, bivalves and other marine invertebrates washing onto the beach. The bivalves and marine invertebrates normally inhabit the littoral sand zone but could not survive the large influx of Murray water into the ocean.
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Family TedaniidaeObserver
wamozDescription
Growing over a Scarlet Thorny Oyster - see https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/70861134
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streglystendecDescription
Exceptionally low tide on sand bar near intertidal rocky reef and Posidonia australis beds.
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Hairy Stone Crab (Lomis hirta)Observer
wamozDescription
Can you help with an ID @renecampbell?
(Image by Fletcher Griffin)
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wamozDescription
This sponge extended for about 1 metre along the underside of a rock ledge.
There were other smaller clumps nearby.
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Puffball Sponges (Genus Tethya)Observer
davemmdaveDescription
About as large as I've seen them,if suggested genus is correct. Not the size of a golfball, more that of a large grapefruit.
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Dendrilla roseaObserver
discovery_centreDescription
Specimen found washed up on Henley Beach. Historically called Aplysilla rosea. Very common sea sponge on jetties and pylons in South Australia. Photo by Rina Aleman.
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