DISCOVER THE WILDLIFE
Meet the flora and fauna living within and alongside kanamaluka/Tamar Estuary.
Ceratosoma Brevicaudatum
Short Tailed Nudibranch
Max length: 15cm
Depth: 0-100m
Conservation and Rarity:
IUCN Status: Not Evaluated
Occurrence: Frequent (14.6% of sites)
Abundance: Solitary (1 per transect)
Hippocampus Abdominalis
Big Belly Seahorse
Max length: 15cm
Depth: 0-100m
Conservation and Rarity:
IUCN Status: Not Evaluated
Occurrence: Frequent (14.6% of sites)
Abundance: Solitary (1 per transect)
Trygonorrhina dumerilii
Southern Fiddler Ray
Max length: 150 cm
Depth: N/A
Conservation and Rarity:
IUCN Status: Vulnerable
Occurrence: Infrequent (4.3% of sites)
Abundance: Solitary (1 per transect)
Cephaloscyllium laticeps
Draughtboard Shark
Max length: 150 cm
Depth: 3-60m
Conservation and Rarity:
IUCN Status: Least Concern
Occurrence: Common (21.3% of sites)
Abundance: Solitary (1 per transect)
Ammotretis rostratus
Righteye Flounder
Max length: 30cm
Depth: 0-80m
Conservation and Rarity:
IUCN Status: Not Evaluated
Occurrence: Widespread (100% of sites)
Abundance: Solitary (1 per transect)
Pentagonaster duebeni
Fire-brick Star
Max size: N/A
Depth: 0-200m
Conservation and Rarity:
IUCN Status: Not Evaluated
Occurrence: Common (24.1% of sites)
Abundance: Few (2 per transect)
Chlamys asperrimus
Doughboy Scallop
Max size: 5cm
Depth: N/A
Conservation and Rarity:
IUCN Status: N/A
Occurrence: Infrequent (9.6% of sites)
Abundance: Several (6 per transect)
Anthothoe albocincta
Orange and White Striped Anenome
Max width: 3cm
Depth: 0-25m
Conservation and Rarity:
IUCN Status: N/A
Occurrence: N/A
Abundance: N/A
Tosia australis
Southern Biscuit Star
Max size: 10cm
Depth: 0-40m
Conservation and Rarity:
IUCN Status: Not Evaluated
Occurrence: Common (38.9% of sites)
Abundance: Few (3 per transect)