Orange golfball sponge at Bar Beach, Merimbula
Identification history
| Tethya ingalli | 2 May 2018 | scb | ||
| Corynactis australis | 1 May 2018 | RossMannell |
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User's notes
I think the orange invertebrates are Corynactis australis but the photo is poor quality.
2 comments
LizAllen
wrote:
2 May 2018
Ross,if you check on our species list : Corynactis australis even when the anemone is 'closed' you can usually see the tentacles poking out slightly.I saw some beauties yesterday Bar Bch.
RossMannell
wrote:
2 May 2018
Thanks for the info Liz. I checked the images already reported and saw what you meant.
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.924154-36.896568
- Survey points Bar Beach, Merimbula
- Places Merimbula, NSW
Sighting information
- 16 - 100 Abundance
- 26 Apr 2018 12:17 PM Recorded on
- RossMannell Recorded by
Additional information
- less than 1m Depth of sighting
Species information
- Tethya ingalli Scientific name
- Orange golfball sponge Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-Invasive
- Machine learning
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- Images or audio
- More than one media file
- Confirmed by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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