Common & scientific names have been adapted from Edgar 1997
(Australian Marine Life - the plants and animals of temperate waters.)

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Hyastenus elastus
(Decorator Crabs)

Pagurus sinuatus
(Southern Pagurid Crab)

Dardanus lagopodes
(Hairy Red Hermit Crab)

Dardanus pedunculatus
(Anemone Hermit Crab)

Plagusia chabrus
(Red Bait Crab)

Penaeus plebejus
(Eastern King Prawn)

Metapenaeus bennettae
(Greasyback Prawn)

Penaeus esculentus
(Brown Tiger Prawn)

Rhynchocinetes rugulosus
(Hinge-Back Shrimp)

Rhynchocinetes serratus
(Serrated Hinge-Back Shrimp)

Jasus verreauxi
(Eastern Rock Lobster)

Jasus verreauxi
(Eastern Rock Lobster)

Panulirus penicillatus
(Two Spined Lobster)

Panulirus ornatus
(Ornate Lobster)

Panulirus ornatus
(Ornate Lobster)

Scllarides squammosus
(Slipper Lobster)

Scyllarus sp.
(Slipper Lobster)

Portunus rubromarginatus
(Red Swimming Crab)


Actaea carcharias
(Hairy Stone Crab)

Oncinopus neptunus
(Spider Crab)

Amaryllis sp

Hamodactylus sp
(Gorgonian Shrimp)


Sphaeromatidae Family

Sphaeromatidae Family

Leucothoidae Family

Galathea sp
(Squat Lobster)

Periclimenes sp.
(Commensal Crinoid Shrimp)

Periclimenes sp
(Soft Coral Shrimp)


Allogalathea elegans
(Featherstar Squat Lobster)


Allogalathea elegans
(Featherstar Squat Lobster)

Lissocarcinus laevis
(Tube Anemone Porcelain Crab)

Stenopus hispidis
(Banded Cleaner Shrimp)

Gnathophyllum taylori
(Tiger Bumblebee Shrimp)

Xenocarcinus conicus
(Black Coral Tree Spider Crab)


Caprellid sp.
(Skeleton Shrimp)


Algae Crab

Gorgonian Crab

Lysmata amboinensis
(Candy-stripe Cleaner Shrimp)

Lysmata amboinensis
(High-tail Shrimp)