SEA SLUGS

AND  OTHER  MARINE  INVERTEBRATES  OF  THE  TWEED - BYRON  COAST,  AUSTRALIA.

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Latest additions. New species on site and better images of species already listed.

HELP NEEDED! Any feedback on species not named, and corrections to my mistakes, would be greatly appreciated.

The locations given are where I have found these species but this does not imply that these are the only places
on the coast that they can be found.

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September - Flat seas and low tides have enabled me to look closely at the masses of Galeolaria worm tubes on
the north seawall, and the many species that live in and around them. The tiny parasitic snail Pseudoskenella depressa
is a very interesting example.



Coryne sp? - Brunswick Heads - New

Gymnangium sp? - Brunswick Heads - New

Species? - Hastings Point - New

Scutellastra peronii - Brunswick Heads - New images

Patelloida latistrigata - Brunswick Heads - New

Saccostrea scyphophilla - Brunswick Heads - New

Pseudoskenella depressa - Brunswick Heads - New

Species? - Brunswick Beach - New

Sponge barnacle - Brunswick Beach - New

Guinusia chabrus - Brunswick Beach - New images

Eubranchus sp - On cart-rut shell, Brunswick Breakwall - New

Trinchesia sp - On cart-rut shell, Brunswick Breakwall - New

Eubranchus sp - On barnacle, Brunswick Breakwall - New

Doto sp - Brunswick Heads - New

Species? - Brunswick Heads - New

Species? - Brunswick Heads - New

Species? - Brunswick Heads - New


July - Very little diving done lately, the wintery days have kept me out of the water. Old and cold!!
Still able to find some new images though.



Echinostrephus aciculatus - Hastings Point - New

Austrobalanus imperator - Brunswick River - New

Balanus trigonus - Brunswick River - New

Megabalanus tintinnabulum - Hastings Point - Identified

Striatobalanus cf tenuis - Brunswick Heads - New

Species? - Brunswick River - New

Species? - Brunswick River - New

Species? - Brunswick Heads - New

Species? - Brunswick Heads - New

Species? - Brunswick Heads - New

Species? - Hastings Point - New

Species? - Hastings Point - New

Bermudella pellucida - Brunswick River - Name change

Bermudella harastii - Brunswick River - Name change

Bermudella sp? - Brunswick River - Name change

Hipponix conicus - Hastings Point - New images

Species? - Hastings Point - New

Species? - Hastings Point - New

Species? - Hastings Point - New

Species? - Hastings Point - New

Epitonium jukesianum - Brunswick River - New images

Striarca pisolina - Hastings Point - New

Iredalea sp - Hastings Point - New

Species - Brunswick River - New images

Pachygrapsus laevimanus - Brunswick R. & Hastings Pt - New

Eulaeospira convexis? - Hastings Point - New

Neodexiospira lamellosa? - Hastings Point - Identified

Species? - Brunswick River - New

Sphaeroma sp? - Brunswick River - New

Portunus sp - Brunswick Hds beach - New

Limaria orientalis - Brunswick R & Hastings Pt - Identified

Limaria fragilis - Hastings Point - Identified


March - After 3 La Ninas the current El Nino has been the wettest I have seen here.
Unfortunately the river is badly affected and is still not worth a dive. I have also
not been able to dive at Hastings Point since before the Christmas holidays. Nothing
on the beaches as well.




Pelagella longicornis - Hastings Pt - Identified

Paliota galactica - Hastings Pt & Brunswick R - Identified

Fibularia plateia - Brunswick beach - Identified

Nassarius albescens - Hastings Point - New images

Pinctada margaritifera - Hastings Point - New

Pinctada sp - Hastings Point - New


November - not a lot of opportunity to get in the water lately. A search of the
mangroves revealed large numbers of the seaslug Elysia bangtawaensis in
mudcrab holes and shallow natural drains.




Elysia bangtawaensis - Brunswick River - New images

Brachyscelus sp? - Brunswick Beach - New

Phronima atlantica? - Brunswick Beach - New

Lepas sp? - Brunswick Beach - New

Lepas anatifera? - Brunswick Beach - New

Thysanozoon fuscobulbosum - Brunswick River - Identified

Pinctada albina - Brunswick River - New

Callista disrupta - Hastings Point - New


August - No diving in the Brunswick River, could be soon though due to lack
of rain. A few calm, clear days at Hastings Point were very rewarding, with
some new species. Some name changes as well.




Doto rosacea - Hastings Point - New

Lobiger sp - Hastings Point - New

Micromelo scriptus - Hastings Point - Name change

Aplysia concava - Hastings Point - Name change

Hexabranchus lacer - Hastings Point - Name change

Jorunna hervei - Hastings Point - Identified

Species? - Hastings Point - New

Phyllodoce sp? - Hastings Point - New

Lineus sp? - Hastings Point - New

Pagurixus carinimanus - Hastings Point - New images

Joculator sp - Hastings Point - New

Diogenes sp - Brunswick River - New

Species? - Hastings Point - New

Species? - Hastings Point - New

Species? - Hastings Point - New

Species? - Hastings Point - New

Species? - Hastings Point - New

Gymnangium sp? - Hastings Point - New

Species? - Hastings Point - New

Palythoa mutuki? - Hastings Point - Identified?

Zoanthus vietnamensis? - Hastings Point - Identified?

Culicia tenella? - Hastings Point - New

Cladangia exusta? - Hastings Point - New

Species? - Hastings Point - New

Species? - Hastings Point - New

Canarium microurceus - Hastings Point - New images

Species? - Brunswick River - New


June - No diving in the Brunswick River as yet but several trips to Hastings Point,
with much better conditions, have provided some new species. Also added are images
of some Brunswick species not previously included.




Heliacus cf enoshimensis? - Hastings Point - New

Hallaxa sp - Hastings Point - New

Runcina sp - Hastings Point - New

Lomanotus sp - Brunswick River - New

Lomanotus sp - Brunswick River - New

Lomanotus sp - Brunswick River - New images

Doto sp - Brunswick River - New

Doto sp - Brunswick River - New

Eubranchus sp - Brunswick River - New

Eubranchus sp - Brunswick River - New

Trinchesia sp - On pumice, Brunswick Beach - New

Trinchesia sp - On pumice, Brunswick Beach - New

Trinchesia sp - Brunswick River - New

Conus muriculatus - Hastings Point - New images

Omalogyra sp - Hastings Point - New

Species? - Hastings Point - New

Species? - Brunswick River - New

Species? - Hastings Point - New images

Species? - On medusa, Brunswick R - New

Species? - Planktonic, Brunswick R - New

Species? - Hastings Point - New

Species? - Hastings Point - New

Gnesioceros sp? - Hastings Point - New

Species? - Hastings Point - New

Species? - Hastings Point - New

Pseudoceros bolool - Hastings Point - New images

Species? - Hastings Point - New

Amblyosyllis sp? - Hastings Point - New

Species? - Hastings Point - New

Cypraea tigris - Hastings Point - New images

Conus omaria - Hastings Point - New images

 

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