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Canberra Nature Map's Newsletter for June 2025

11 Jul 2025

Hello everyone. Alison Milton has produced the June quarterly CNM newsletter. It has some interesting information about what the Nature Mappers have been doing and finding. We hope you enjoy the read....

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Discussion

Jennyncmg wrote:

23 Jun 2025

It looks like the Tethya has grown over the cream coloured sponge

Porifera sp.

Hejor1 wrote:

23 Jun 2025

@Jennyncmg the cream coloured sponge the Tethya is on, is that part of the tethya or a different sponge? The cream coloured one seemed to be growing around/under the Tethya and wasn't present in all the spots I found Tethya.

Porifera sp.

Jennyncmg wrote:

23 Jun 2025

The bottom right photo is Tethya ingalli as you identified in aother photo

Porifera sp.

Jennyncmg wrote:

7 Feb 2025

the sand couils are made by lugworms, Arenicolidae family.

Unverified Polychaete Worm

Jennyncmg wrote:

27 Jan 2025

However iNaturalist has a different neme -- Pyura praeputialis