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Almejas, Ostiones, Mejillones Y Parientes (Clase Bivalvia)Observ.
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The relatively large oyster like valve in upper frame in each photo. Beach washed.
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Demosponjas (Clase Demospongiae)Observ.
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Orange, at centre. Not uncommon here in the shallow subtidal. (And probably deeper, but this was a very shallow solo snorkel).
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During entry for our first snorkel at this spot we first swam over a very small but healthy Sea Nymph meadow (after pushing through masses of detrital seaweeds in the shallows).
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Camarón Pistola Neozelandés (Alpheus novaezealandiae)Observ.
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Nocturnal intertidal platform reef walk at low tide. Limited image quality. Probably the New Zealand taxon.
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Pastos Marinos (Familia Zosteraceae)Observ.
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Same species probably as in my preceding observation from same site, although this image was taken a bit closer to the beach ie shallower and more protected (??relevance??).
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Pastos Marinos (Género Zostera)Observ.
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Shallow subtidal, moderate exposure site, snkl images.
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Shallow subtidal. (I've forgotten the name for the slug that produces these distinctive egg ribbons,which were uncommon here but are at times prolific in, for example, Coffin Bay).
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Pepinos de Mar (Clase Holothuroidea)Observ.
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These were prolific in the silty, sandy littoral zone and shallow subtidal at this location. Receding tide.
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The pale mesh pattern coverings on this bit of drift detrital common Kelp (which also has a heavy coating of coralline algae making its base colour pink).
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Shallow and mildly surgy snorkel inside the southern side of Waterloo Bay. Depth varied from intertidal (at entry from end of beach) to shallow subtidal towards the bay entrance (still relatively sheltered in this region's context but surgy nonetheless. Such that I only got roughly half way there before turning back, being late arvo and with outgoing tide somehow further reducing the limited visibility).
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Sabia australisObserv.
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Subject is the more central, whitish shells(one is more worn than the other).Beach washed on Home Beach Groper Bay.
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Mielero Cantarín (Gavicalis virescens)Observ.
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There were at least 5 individuals catching flying insects in this backyard simultaneously, rather to my surprise (I'm used to seeing 2-3 doing so but these were quite a crowd. And they had only modest competition from whiteplumed, New Holland and Red Wattlebird honeyeaters, perhaps because the food supply was seemingly limitless on this beautiful autumn afternoon).
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Tentative. Dead shell as part of upper littoral zone shellgrit in a few cm depth, cropped from another image, at night at low tide, Home Beach Groper Bay.
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Plateaditos Y Parientes (Orden Atheriniformes)Observ.
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The several very small scale fish, in several images taken through the surface of some small, very shallow tide pools at low tide off Home Beach
Perhaps a type of Atherinid but I don't really know. There were small schools, rarely more than about 6-6 per school and they normally swam on the surface but would hide under small algal plants such as Neptune's necklace when not totally disoriented by torch or headlamp beams.
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The blue bit of drift brown algae, at night, low tide, lower beach just inshore of the reef platform at Home Beach Groper Bay. The colour is as seen with the naked eye, as described for a few earlier posts from the same location.
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These were common on most snorkels during this few days spent on Flinders Island.
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3 adults (with a Magpie Perch and several female Bluethroat Wrasse;same image as preceding observation).
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Perca Magpie (Pseudogoniistius nigripes)Observ.
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With Moonlighters. Snorkel as described in preceding observation.
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Two medium sized juveniles at about centre and above and slightly R of that. Snorkel late afternoon on the day we arrived at Flinders Island. Nice high relief reef on southern side of Groper Bay, but very surgy snorkelling and water clarity was mediocre for the location.
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Ecklonia radiataObserv.
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Image 1 cropped from Image 2.Drift algae in shallows between platform reef and beach at low tide. Home Beach.
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Low tide lower beach just in from the platform reef at night looking through surface. Home Beach. Drift algae.
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Same image as preceding observation but SUBJECT is now the fluffier, yellowish brown algae on LHS.
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Shallowest subtidal at low tide at night, channel in platform reef,Home Beach Groper Bay (main guest accommodation location for the island).
SUBJECT is the most obvious zigzag seaweed at centre.
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The light brown macroalgae in foreground in image 1 and the light brown macroalgae just L of centre in image 2 are probably the same species but if anyone disagees I'll happily separate them into 2 observations. Receding tide at dusk along the southern ledges of the main platform intertidal reef at Home Beach Groper Bay.
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Very common here, unsurprisingly. Dusk snorkel close to shore on the platform reef at Home Beach, tide receding.
