BEACHCOMBING ON OCEAN BEACHES
Brunswick Heads beach looking south and showing damage to the frontal dunes from the cyclone of March 2025.
Hastings Point beach at low tide.
Apart from actually being in the water, one of the best places to be is at the shoreline at first light. Not only is it the best part of the day. if you are a serious beachcomber then you know that you have to be there early to compete with the seagulls that are already waiting for anything edible. Shells and other larger objects can be found anytime but crustaceans are a seagull's favourite. You also have to get there before the other beachwalkers trample anything fragile. Often nothing much is found but the exercise is a bonus.
My being a snorkeler restricts me to the shallow water at Hastings Point and the river here, so most of the animals that are stranded on the beach are from habitats that I cannot access, ie, deeper water, planktonics and the neuston. Some of my best finds have been from the beach and include species such as Kalinga ornata, Cardilla semisulcata, Recluzia spp and Dosima fascicularis. Not very rare species, but rarely seen nonetheless. Species that were found on sponges and kelp holdfasts have not been included in this list, neither were rafting species, planktonics and neustonics as they are on seperate pages.
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Sphenopus marsupialis
Dofleina sp?
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Gymnangium sp?
Echinocardium cordatum
Fibularia sp
Smilium peronii
Luidia australiae
Ceradocus ramsayi?
Urohaustorius sp
Ocypode ceratophthalmus
Ocypode cordimana
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Ashtoret lunaris
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Alpheus sp?
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Portunus sp?
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Halobates sp
Conus papilliferus
Kalinga ornata
Notarchus indicus
Xenophora peroniana
Ficus subintermedia
Architectonica grandiosa
Architectonica perspectiva
Adelphotectonica reevei
Xenophora indica
Bankivia fasciata
Leipyrga lineolaris
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Epitonium antisoa
Amaea xenicima
Epitonium minorum
Epitonium jukesianum
Phalium bandatum
Semicassis bisulcatum
Semicassis angasi
Semicassis pyrum
Phalium areola
Casmaria ponderosa
Amoria zebra
Cymbiola magnifica
Zemira australis
Tonna tankervillii
Tylospira scutulata
Polinices incei
Eunaticina linnaeana
Tutufa bufo
Trimusculus conicus
Scutellastra chapmani
Fusinus nicobaricus
Diodora lineata
Sigatella hedleyi
Casmaria ponderosa
Anadara trapezia
Limatula strangei
Modiolus areolatus
Decatopecten strangei
Pecten fumatus
Vasticardium vertebratum
Acrosterigma cygnorum
Vepricardium multispinosum
Fulvia aperta
Cardilia semisulcata
Eucrassatella cumingii
Cuspidaria latesulcata
Donax brazieri
Donax deltoides
Donax veruinus
Glycymeris holsericus
Hemidonax sp
Hemidonax dactylus
Panopea australis
Anodontia edentula
Monitilora ramsayi
Divalucina cumingi
Mactra eximia
Mactra contraria
Mactra pusilla
Spisula trigonella
Zenatina victoriae
Raeta pellicula
Mactra antecedens
Paphies angusta
Myadora brevis
Myadora pandoriformis
Saccella caloundra
Nuculana dohrni
Periploma angasi
Barnea australasiae
Gari livida
Strigilla euronia
Tellina albinella
Thraciopsis angustata
Timoclea scabra
Bassina jacksoni
Callista disrupta
Dosinia nedigna
Antigona persimillis
Pitar pellucidus
Venerupis anomala
Placamen placidum
Tawera lagopus
Irus cumingii
Haliotis brazieri
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