Australian Marine Animals List

Three coastal or marine ecosystems were listed as threatened ecological communities under the EPBC Act during the.

Australian marine animals list. Famous animals found in Australia also include marine animals such as cone snail sea snake blue-ringed octopus and land animals such as Gang-gang cockatoo Emu eastern brown snake tiger snakewolf spider wedge-tailed eagle banjo frog and Blue-tongued skink here is the list of unique wild animals of Australia. The main kinds of animals in the sea are whales dolphins sharks and seals which are some of the most popular and well-known kinds of sea mammals. Discover the astonishing variety of mammals birds reptiles marine life and more in the Australian Museum collections.

Journal of Marine Animals and Their Ecology 4316. A small oily fish of the Atlantic and Pacific providing food for many fish marine mammals and birds. Marine species introduced into Western Australia include a variety of different plants and animals such as fish seastars crabs microscopic dinoflagellates shellfish and algae.

The megamouth shark Megachasma pelagios with its blunt head even larger than its abdomen is one of the most unique species of shark to roam the depths of the ocean. Learn more about spiders their origins and how they are classified. We provide a high-level summary here.

Once here they can harm our resources marine industries and the natural environment. Megapods such as the Mallee fowl trace their ancestry as far back as Gondwanan time. Ratites such as the emu and cassowary are large flightless birds similar to the ostrich.

A prized species of tuna. And the critically endangered cassowary lives in the tropical rainforests of Australia. Dolphins are marvelous creatures which can be found in the waters surrounding Australia.

Taxonomic revision of the humpback dolphins Sousa spp and description of a new species from Australia. Marine pests can have a serious effect on our way of life. The marine one is found in Southeastern Australia.