Australian Invertebrates

268 Invertebrate profiles:

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Blood Worm

Marphysa mullawa

Giant Beach Worm

Australonuphis parateres

Upside Down Jellyfish

Cassiopea sp.

Lion’s Mane Jellyfish

Cyanea capillata

Bluebottle Jellyfish

Physalia utriculus

Portuguese Man O’ War

Physalia physalis

Maori Octopus

Macroctopus maorum

Common Sydney Octopus

Octopus tetricus

Common Octopus

Octopus vulgaris

Southern Blue Ringed Octopus

Hapalochlaena maculosa

Pale Octopus

Octopus pallidus

Pharoah Cuttlefish

Sepia pharaonis

Mourning Cuttlefish

Sepia plangon

Ghost Nipper

Trypaea australiensis

Scampi

Metanephrops velutinus

Australian Red Claw Crayfish

Cherax quadricarinatus

Smooth Marron

Cherax cainii

Hairy Marron

Cherax tenuimanus

Common Yabby

Cherax destructor

Tasmania Giant Crayfish

Astacopsis gouldi

Common Violet Snail

Janthina janthina

Glory of the Seas Cone

Conus gloriamaris

Textile Cone

Conus textile

Geography Cone

Conus geographus