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Pez Escorpión Diablo (Scorpaenopsis diabolus)Observ.
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possibly a juvenile devil scorpionfish, or some kind of sculpin?
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Nudibranquios Coloridos (Familia Chromodorididae)Observ.
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A very small nudibranch found by my colleague on a settlement plate from North Stradbroke Island. Size was around 2 mm.
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Looks similar to Eumenes dubius, with the elongated abdomen, but since it's in Australia perhaps Abispa eppipplum?
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Animales (Reino Animalia)Observ.
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a flatworm found at low tide, it appeared mostly folded in half, when opened out the stripes are visible
J. Rodriguez suggested Cestoplana sp.
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Liebre de Mar Rayada (Stylocheilus striatus)Observ.
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very small sea hares (Stylocheilus striatus?) found in rockpools
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Animales (Reino Animalia)Observ.
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large dried up sponge (?) found on the beach
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Género ScutusObserv.
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Scutus sp. Maybe S. antipodes? There are three in the aquarium, and I've caught a few glimpses of the white shell underneath the mantle folds.
A lot of aquarium material is collected from Heron Island.
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Género DorvilleaObserv.
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Polychaete found in an aquarium. Perhaps a Chaetopterus sp.?
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Ácaros de Musgo (Suborden Oribatida)Observ.
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Juvenile Oribatid mite? Has prominent red spots and club-like setae
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Morena Estriada (Echidna nebulosa)Observ.
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Snowflake moray and a sea hare (Aplysia argus?)
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Estrellas Cojín (Género Pentaceraster)Observ.
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Pentaceraster sp. appear to be pseudocopulating, though I'm told this hasn't been observed for this genus. There was a fairly high density of these seastars in a small area (around 30 individuals), perhaps on top of each other by accident
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Estrellas Cojín (Género Pentaceraster)Observ.
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Four armed seastar. Sadly this one was dead
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Peces con Aletas Radiadas (Clase Actinopterygii)Observ.
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spine from a porcupine fish? found on the beach
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Caballito de Mar de White (Hippocampus whitei)Observ.
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Seahorse found stranded on the beach, but still alive. Pregnant male?