Revision of Skeleton Shrimp Species
There has been a recent revision of skeleton shrimp species following the discovery of thousands of skeleton shrimp on commercial fishing nets in the Gippsland Lakes in south-eastern Australia. The…
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There has been a recent revision of skeleton shrimp species following the discovery of thousands of skeleton shrimp on commercial fishing nets in the Gippsland Lakes in south-eastern Australia. The…
According to ABC News, scientists recently unveiled Seamap, a “mass online mapping tool revealing marine life on ocean floors”. Seamap was described as “A world-first internet portal … making it…
David Muirhead has been writing a regular column titled “Pretty Fishes of Yankalilla Bay” for the monthly issues of Yankalilla Regional News since October 2021. He has now become known…
The article titled Uncommon Smooth Crassatella (Giant) Cockle found at Brighton SA featured photos taken by both David Muirhead and Peter Muirhead. As you might suspect, the two are related to…
AusOcean’s Trek Hopton sent in video footage from the Rapid Bay jetty underwater camera showing what appears to be a western cleaner clingfish on the lens of the camera. It…
Thousands of photos captured by everyday Australians reveal the secrets of our marine life as oceans warm Published: August 29, 2022 – This article is republished from Thousands of photos captured by…
I recently stumbled upon this guide to the identification of whale species (that may be seen off of our coast) from one of our 2005 newsletters: – How you can…
To quote Sara Criddle from Facebook, “It’s still there!” I refer to the Western Crested Morwong, Goniistius gibbosus (aka WA Magpie Morwong), that has been sighted at Port Noarlunga jetty…
As I reported in the March issue of the SDFSA newsletter, “According to a Facebook post by ASFB (@AustSocFishBiol), “Report your observations of fish tool use! A new citizen science…
Our dive plans at Port Noarlunga reef on 24th March didn’t quite go to plan, but then we had a chance to make a few observations during our swim back…