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Habitats

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Species from the Inter-reefal zone at Heron Island:
Copepod
Temora turbinata
Copepod
Lachlan Noble
Arrow Worms
Sagitta tasmanicaÿ(and other chaetognaths)
Arrow Worms
Michael Le Roux

Cymodoce pelsarti

Amelia Armstrong

Creseis acicula

Serena Burnett
Sea mat Anemone
Palythoa caesia
Sea mat Anemone
Ka Hei Charlotte Chan
Salp
Thalia Democratica
Salp
Brook Anderson
Pontiniine Shrimp of the Black Lipped Pearl Oyster
Conchodytes biunguiculatus
Pontiniine Shrimp of the Black Lipped Pearl Oyster
Alistair Lavers
Colonial Sea Squirt
Ecteinascidia diaphanis
Colonial Sea Squirt
Victoria Dewar-Fowler

Diphyes sp.

Alicia Whillier
Rosy nudibranch
Marianina rosea
Rosy nudibranch
Elisha Simpson
Alexanders Sea Urchin
Temnopleurus alexandri
Alexanders Sea Urchin
Monique Parisi
Floral egg crab, Shawl crab
Atergatis floridus
Floral egg crab, Shawl crab
Takuhiro Yamada
Order Leptothecata
Kirchenpaueria spp
Order Leptothecata
Anjali Rangnekar
Entoprocta
Pedicellinidae
Entoprocta
Maria Russo Mafra Machado
Collector Urchin
Tripneustes gratilla
Collector Urchin
Stephanie Lyon
dark blue sponge
Niphites sp.
dark blue sponge
Nicholas Holz
Spider crab, Decorator crab
Menaethius monoceros
Spider crab, Decorator crab
Chi Chiu Lo
Ribbon Worm
Lineus spp
Ribbon Worm
Nicole Westbrook
Strigose Stomatella
Stomatella Impertusa
Strigose Stomatella
Isabella Doohan

Cypraea (Purpuradusta) gracilis

Viveca Lim
Three-lined Pectenodoris
Pectenodoris trilineata
Three-lined Pectenodoris
Mizuki Uemura

Oulactis muscosa

Kana Newell
Moon Jellyfish
Aurelia aurita
Moon Jellyfish
Keeley Madden

Elysia obtusa

Jeffrey Ikin
Yellow Striped Hermit Crab
Clibanarius taeniatus
Yellow Striped Hermit Crab
Candice Selmanovic
Ostracod
Neonesidea sp.
Ostracod
Karen Hutchings
Mud Crab
Scylla serratta
Mud Crab
Luke Dalton

Typosyllis sp.

Samantha Kacin
Gammarus Shrimp
Gammarus sp.
Gammarus Shrimp
Sailoto Liveti
Ribbon worm
Lineus spp.
Ribbon worm
Alexander Archibald-Binge
Mysid shrimp
Australomysis sp.
Mysid shrimp
Perry Bennion
Green Sea Urchin
Salmacis sphaeroides
Green Sea Urchin
Dale Mullin

Gastrochaena cuneiformis

Yazmin Stemp Yacoubi

Mycale (Arenochalina) mirabilis

Weili Chan
Purple-speckled Nudibranch
Hypselodoris maculosa
Purple-speckled Nudibranch
Martin Anfosso
Persian Carpet Flatworm
Pseudobiceros bedfordi
Persian Carpet Flatworm
Kay Yin Tan

Mexichromis festiva

Michael Thompson

O: Prolecithophora

Taylah Gerloff
Black Nerite
Nerita melanotragus
Black Nerite
Emerson Blair Pollard

Aquilonastra doranae

Pauline Corstiana Roos
Juvenile
Haliclona Gellius
Juvenile
Olivia Hannah Hewitt
Cunjevoi
Pyura stolonifera
Cunjevoi
Candida Wong
Elegant Squat Lobster
Allogalathea elegans
Elegant Squat Lobster
Michael John Thompson

Turbo haynesi (Preston, 1914)

Kay Watty
Rambutan sponge
Tethya robusta
Rambutan sponge
Fiona Naja Hoegh-Guldberg

Ascidia sydneiensis

Callum Mulvey

Zafra sp. (Adams, 1860)

Zebilon Kamen
Snapping Shrimp
Unknown
Snapping Shrimp
Gianlucca Brozler

Leucetta sp.

Kathryn Van Artsdalen

Lamellaria perspicua

Natasha Tay

Pycnogonida

Clement Mottier
Nembrotha spp.
Genus Nembrotha
Nembrotha spp.
Arturo Vilar Gomez
Irukandji Jellyfish
Carukia barnesi
Irukandji Jellyfish
Chloe Jia Ye Oon
(with a focus on social ascidians)
Colonial Ascidians
(with a focus on social ascidians)
Tallulah Southby Osborne
Clathrina
Clathrina spp.
Clathrina
Ronan Hill

Genus Syllis

Sophie Grieve

Zoothamnium

Rowan Carew
Tasselled Crab
Pilumnus fissifrons
Tasselled Crab
Declan Smith

Suborder Bursalia

Adrienne Soteriou

Inter-reefal zone

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The inter-reefal zone is area between individual reefs and accounts for 95% of the total area of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park. Although biodiverse, the benthic communities in this region have not been extensively studied. In this course, we currently restrict our study of invertebrates to surface plankton.

A photo of Heron Island from the inter-reefal channel between Heron Island and Wistari Reefs.