SEA SLUGS

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

CNIDARIA

CLASS : SCYPHOZOA

ORDER : CORONATAE

FAMILY : LINUCHIDAE
Linuche sp? - polyp stage - on pumice
An ephyra - an immature medusa - Brunswick River

FAMILY : NAUSITHOIDAE
Nausithoe sp


ORDER : SEMAEOSTOMEAE

FAMILY : CYANEIDAE
Cyanea rosea - Brunswick River
Cyanea barkeri - Brunswick River

FAMILY : ULMARIDAE
Aurelia aurita - Brunswick River & Hastings Point
Aurelia sp - Brunswick River

FAMILY : PELAGIIDAE
An ephyra - an immature medusa - Brunswick River
Pelagia noctiluca - Brunswick R. & Hastings Point
Chrysaora kynthia - Brunswick R.
Chrysaora wurlerra - Hastings Point
Chrysaora wurlerra? - Brunswick R.
An ephyra - an immature medusa - Brunswick River

 

ORDER : RHIZOSTOMEAE
SUBORDER : KOLPOPHORAE

FAMILY : MASTIGIIDAE
Versuriga anadyomene - Brunswick River
Phyllorhiza sp? - Brunswick River

Species? - Brunswick River
Species? - Brunswick River
Fish inside jellyfish - Brunswick River


FAMILY : THYSANOSTOMATIDAE
Thysanostoma sp - Brunswick Heads beach


SUBORDER : DAKTYLIOPHORAE

FAMILY : CATOSTYLIDAE
Catostylus mosaicus - Brunswick R. & Hastings Point


SUBORDER : PTYCHOPHORAE

FAMILY : BAZINGIDAE
Bazinga rieki - Brunswick River


ORDER : CARYBDEIDA

FAMILY : CARYBDEIDAE
Carybdea rastonii - Brunswick River
Carybdea sp? - Brunswick River

 

 

 

CTENOPHORA

CLASS : TENTACULATA
ORDER : CESTIDA

FAMILY : CESTIDAE
Cestum veneris - Brunswick River
Velamen parallelum - Brunswick River

ORDER : CYDIPPIDA

FAMILY : PUKIIDAE
Pukia falcata - Brunswick River & Hastings Point

FAMILY : EUPLOKAMIDIDAE
Euplokamis sp - Brunswick River

FAMILY : PLEUROBRACHIIDAE
Pleurobrachia sp? - Brunswick River

ORDER : LOBATA

FAMILY : EURHAMPHAEIDAE
Eurhamphaea vexilligera - Brunswick River
Eurhamphaea sp? - Brunswick River

FAMILY : BOLINOPSIDAE
Bolinopsis ashleyi - Brunswick River
Bolinopsis sp1 - Brunswick River
Bolinopsis sp2 - Brunswick River
Bolinopsis sp? - Brunswick River

FAMILY : ?
Species? - Brunswick River
Species? - Brunswick River
Species? - Brunswick River

FAMILY : OCYROPSIDAE
Ocyropsis maculata - Brunswick River
Ocyropsis vance - Brunswick River
Ocyropsis sp - juvenile - Brunswick River
Ocyropsis sp - Brunswick River

ORDER : PLATYCTENIDA

FAMILY : ?
Species? - Brunswick River

CLASS : NUDA
ORDER : BEROIDA

FAMILY : BEROIDAE
Neis cordigera - Brunswick River
Beroe sp? - Brunswick River
Beroe sp? - Brunswick River
Beroe sp? - Brunswick River
Beroe sp? - Brunswick River
Beroe sp? - Brunswick River
Beroe sp? - Brunswick River
Beroe sp? - Brunswick River
Beroe forskalii - Brunswick River
Beroe forskalii - Brunswick River
Beroe forskalii - Brunswick River
Beroe cucumis? - Brunswick River

 

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