Marine Invertebrates
Crabs, Prawns, Barnacles & allies (Crustacea)

Crab, Prawn, Barnacle (Crustacea) species

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70 species

Jasus edwardsii (Southern Rock Lobster (Australia))

Jasus edwardsii

ALA image.Julian Finn

Jasus edwardsii

Lepas (Anatifa) pectinata (Lepas (Anatifa) pectinata)

Lepas (Anatifa) pectinata

Daniel Heald (ALA)

Lepas (Anatifa) pectinata

Lepas anserifera (Goose Barnacle)

Lepas anserifera

David Paul, Museum Victoria (ALA)

Lepas anserifera

David Staples, Museum Victoria (ALA)
Lepas anserifera
Lepas anserifera
Lepas anserifera
Lepas anserifera

Lepas australis (Goose Barnacle)

Leptograpsus variegatus (Purple Rock Crab)

Leptograpsus variegatus
Leptograpsus variegatus
Leptograpsus variegatus
Leptograpsus variegatus
Leptograpsus variegatus
Leptograpsus variegatus

Litocheira bispinosa (Two-spined Slender-clawed Crab)

Macrobrachium australiense (Freshwater Prawn)

Macrobrachium intermedium (Striped River Prawn (Fao))

Macrobrachium sp. (Freshwater prawn)

Macrophthalmus (Macrophthalmus) crassipes (A Crab)

Macrophthalmus (Macrophthalmus) crassipes
Macrophthalmus (Macrophthalmus) crassipes

Metopograpsus sp. (genus) (A Crab)

Metopograpsus sp. (genus)
Metopograpsus sp. (genus)

Mictyris longicarpus (Soldier Crab)

Mictyris longicarpus
Mictyris longicarpus
Mictyris longicarpus
Mictyris longicarpus
Mictyris longicarpus
Mictyris longicarpus

Mictyris platycheles (Soldier Crab)

Mictyris platycheles
Mictyris platycheles
Mictyris platycheles
Mictyris platycheles

Mictyris sp. (genus) (Soldier Crab)

Mictyris sp. (genus)
Mictyris sp. (genus)
Mictyris sp. (genus)
Mictyris sp. (genus)

Naxia aurita (Smooth Seaweed-crab)

Naxia sp. (genus) (Spider crabs)

Naxia tumida (Little Seaweed Crab)

Nesoligia australiensis (Ligia (Nesoligia) australiensis)

Notomithrax minor (Small Seaweed Crab)

Notorchestia quadrimana (A beachhopper)

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  • Non-invasive or negligible (change?)

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