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A variety of Sea Sponges and Tunicates attached to a timber pylon beneath Blairgowrie Pier, Port Phillip Bay, Mornington Peninsula, Victoria, Australia.
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Fromia Sea Star (Fromia polypora). Also known as Fromia Starfish. Southern Australia
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Sea Star (Ophidiaster confertus). Lord Howe Island, New South Wales, Australia
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Biscuit Star (Tosia australis) - surrounded by Ascidians. Also known as Biscuit Starfish. Edithburgh, South Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Biscuit Star (Pentagonaster duebeni). Also known as Biscuit Starfish. Solitary Islands, New South Wales, Australia
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Biscuit Star (Tosia australis) - surrounded encrusting Sponge and Ascidian. Also known as Biscuit Starfish. Edithburgh, South Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Velvet Sea Star (Petricia vernicina). Also known as Velvet Starfish. Edtithburgh, South Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Biscuit Star (Tosia australis) - surrounded by Sponge. Also known as Biscuit Starfish. Edithburgh, South Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Mosaic Sea Star (Plectaster decanus) amongst sea algae. Also known as Mosaic Starfish. Solitary Islands, New South Wales, Australia
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Spurred Sea Star (Patiriella calcar) - surrounded by encrusting Sponge. Also known as Spurred Starfish. Solitary Islands, New South Wales, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Leach's Sea Star (Leiaster leachi). Also known as Leach's Starfish. Lord Howe Island, New South Wales, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Biscuit Star (Tosia australis) - amongst sponges and ascidians. Also known as Biscuit Starfish. Edithburgh, South Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Spurred Sea Stars (Patiriella calcar). A striking Sea star that genetically controls its colors of reds, oranges, browns, greens and blues. It is commonly found in tidal rockpools of southern and south eastern Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Spurred Sea Stars (Patiriella calcar). A striking Sea star that genetically controls its colors of reds, oranges, browns, greens and blues. It is commonly found in tidal rockpools of southern and south eastern Australia.
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Eleven-arm Sea Star (Coscinasterias muricata). Also known as Eleven-arm Starfish. Found on reef rubble, sand and mud of southern and south eastern Australia, also New Zealand. Photo taken in Port Phillip Bay, Vic, Australia
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Sea star (Uniophora granifera). Found from Spencer Gulf, SA, to Solitary Islands, NSW, including Tas. Photo taken at York Peninsula, South Australia, Australia.
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Sea star (Uniophora granifera), resting on seagrass. Found on reef rubble and seagrass beds in sheltered waters of Sa, Vic, Tas and NSW. Photo taken at Edithburgh, York Peninsula, South Australia, Australia.
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Eleven-arm Seastar (Coscinasterias muricata). Found from Houtman Abrolhos, WA, to southern Qld. Also New Zealand. Photo taken at York Peninsula, South Australia, Australia.
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Eleven-arm Seastar (Coscinasterias muricata). Found from Houtman Abrolhos, WA, to southern Qld. Also New Zealand. Photo taken in Port Phillip Bay, vic, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Blue Linckia Sea Star (Linckia laevigata) in a rock pool. Also known as Linckia Starfish. Lord Howe Island, New South Wales, Australia
© Justin Gilligan / OceanwideImages.com |
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Sea Urchin (Diadema palmeri). Solitary Islands, New South Wales, Australia
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Purple Sea Urchin (Heliocidaris erythrogramma). Found on sheltered and moderately exposed reefs throughout southern Australia, from Shark Bay, WA, to southern Queensland, including Tas, Australia
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Sea Urchin (Heliocidaris erythrogramma). Found on sheltered and moderately exposed reefs throughout southern Australia, from Shark Bay, WA, to southern Queensland, including Tas, Australia
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Sea Urchin (Amblypneustes pallidus). Found usually attached to sea grass and a variety of algas in the temperate waters of southern Western Australia and South Australia. Photo taken at Edithburgh, York Peninsula, South Australia, Australia.
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Sea Urchin (Heliocidaris erythrogramma). Found on sheltered and exposed reefs throughout southern Australia, from Shark Bay, WA, to southern Qld, including Tas. Photo taken Port Phillip Bay, Vic, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Sea Mussels (Septifer bilocularis) Highly prized by commercial fishery. South Eastern Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Bubble Snails (Hydatina physis). New South Wales, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Ovulid Cowry (Crenavolva tigris) on Gorgonian Coral. New South Wales, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Sea Snail (Bullina lineata). New South Wales, Australia
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Pink Gastropod (Cantharidus eximius) on Giant Kelp frond (Macrocystis pyrifera. Tasman Peninsula, Tasmania, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Bubble Snail (Hydatina physis). New South Wales, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Doughboy Scallop (Chlamys asperrimus) - amongst sea sponges and tunicates. Found throughout southern Australia from Shark Bay, WA, to southern Qld, including Tasmania. Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Doughboy Scallop (Chlamys asperrimus). Found throughout southern Australia from Shark Bay, WA, to southern Qld, including Tasmania. Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Doughboy Scallop (Chlamys asperrimus), covered in sea sponge. Found throughout southern Australia from Shark Bay, WA, to southern Qld, including Tasmania. Photo taken at Edithburgh, York Peninsula, South Australia, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Doughboy Scallop (Chlamys asperrimus), covered in sea sponge. Found throughout southern Australia from Shark Bay, WA, to southern Qld, including Tasmania. Photo taken at Edithburgh, York Peninsula, South Australia, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Blue Mussel (Mytilus galloprovincialis). Highly prized by commercial fishery, this Mussel is cultivated in most southern Australian states. Photo was taken in Port Phillip Bay, Victoria, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Blue Mussel (Mytilus galloprovincialis). Highly prized by commercial fishery, this Mussel is cultivated in most southern Australian states. Photo was taken in Port Phillip Bay, Victoria, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Blue Mussel (Mytilus galloprovincialis). Highly prized by commercial fishery, this Mussel is cultivated in most southern Australian states. Photo was taken in Port Phillip Bay, Victoria, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Doughboy Scallop (Chlamys asperrimus). Found throughout southern Australia from Shark Bay, WA, to southern Qld, including Tas. Photo taken at Edithburgh, York Peninsula, South Australia, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Doughboy Scallop (Chlamys asperrimus), covered in sea sponge. Also Sea Tunicate, or Sea Squirt (Clavelina moluccensis). Photo taken at Edithburgh, York Peninsula, South Australia, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Doughboy Scallop (Chlamys asperrimus), covered in sea sponge. Found throughout southern Australia from Shark Bay, WA, to southern Qld, including Tas. Photo taken at Edithburgh, York Peninsula, South Australia, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Volute Seashell (Lyria mitraeformis). Found along southern coast of Australia, usually on sand in sheltered pockets of reef. Photo taken at Edithburgh Jetty, York Peninsula, South Australia, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Doughboy Scallop (Chlamys asperrimus), covered in sea sponge. Found throughout southern Australia from Shark Bay, WA, to southern Qld, including Tas. Photo taken at Edithburgh, York Peninsula, South Australia, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Blue Mussel (Mytilus galloprovincialis). Highly prized by commercial fishery, this Mussel is cultivated in most southern Australian states. Photo was taken in Port Phillip Bay, Victoria, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Blue Mussel (Mytilus galloprovincialis). Highly prized by commercial fishery, this Mussel is cultivated in most southern Australian states. Photo was taken in Port Phillip Bay, Victoria, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Commercial Scallop (Pecten fumatus). Also known as King Scallop. Highly prized by commercial fishery. Southern Australia
© Rudie Kuiter / OceanwideImages.com |
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Commercial Scallop (Pecten fumatus). Also known as King Scallop. Highly prized by commercial fishery. Southern Australia
© Rudie Kuiter / OceanwideImages.com |
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Commercial Scallop (Pecten fumatus). Also known as King Scallop. Highly prized by commercial fishery. Southern Australia
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