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wasps
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Birds
coral
Brain coral
Brain root coral
Valley Brain Coral
Bushy hard corals
Antler coral
Bandy-legged Coral
Club Finger Coral
Rasp coral
button, floral and tree coral
Sea Mat Zoanthid
Encrusting and lettuce coral
Elephant skin coral
Scroll coral
Gorgonian, flower and tree coral
Daisy Coral
Dendronephthya spp.
Pulsing Coral
Sea Fern
Star Polyp
jellyfish and anemones
'moon jelly'
Beaded sea anemone
blubber jellyfish
Bubbletip Anemone
Crystal Jellyfish
Hammerhead Coral
hermit crab anemone
Irukandji
Magnificent Anemone
White Spotted Jellyfish
mushroom and honeycomb corals
Fungia scruposa
Starflower coral
Pine Coral
plate corals
Acropora hyacinthus
Bonsai Coral
Finger Coral
Messy Thicklip Plate Coral
Staghorn Coral
Tri-colour Acro
Soft Coral
Cladiella krempfi
Devil’s finger coral
Finger Leather Coral
Ghost Coral
Lobed Soft Coral
Spaghetti Coral
fish
bottom feeders
dog faced puffer
indian goatfish
Leopard Flounder
longnose filefish
Porcupinefish
Starry Puffer
yellow boxfish
butterflyfish and angelfish
Dusky Butterflyfish
Pennant bannerfish
Singular Bannerfish
Six-banded angelfish
Damselfish and Anemonefish
Abudefduf begalensis, 'bengal sergeant'
Blue Scribbled Damselfish
Blue-green Chromis
Dascyllus aruanus, ‘humbug dascyllus’
Headband Humbug
Nemo
Panda Clownfish
Pink Anemonefish
Pomacentrus vaiuli, 'princess damsel'
Scissortail Damselfish
Stegastes apicalis
Yellow Damsel
Herbivores
Blue-lined Rabbitfish
Fine-Lined Surgeonfish
Longfin Batfish
Palefin Unicornfish
Round Batfish
Siganus lineatus
Herbivores
Dory
Lined Bristletooth
Rabbitfish
nocturnal fish
Red Squirrelfish
Sabre Squirrelfish
Twinspot cardinalfish
Open water fish
Barracuda
Gold-spotted Trevally
Reef longtom
Small Spotted Dart
Parrotfish
Bullethead Parrotfish
Predators
blue spotted grouper
double banded soapfish
Dwarf Hawkfish
Queensland grouper
Red Bass
Sand burrow and cave dwellers
‘striped cardinalfish’
sharks, rays, eels and turtles
Blue-spotted Lagoon Ray
Bottlenose dolphin
Epaulette shark
Ornate Wobbegong
Pink Whipray
reef manta ray
Snowflake Eel
Spotted maskray
Tawny Nurse Shark
White tipped reef shark
Whitetip Reef Shark
sit and wait predators
Devil Scorpionfish
Hedgehog Sea Horse
painted scorpionfish
Red-banded pipefish
sand lizardfish
Sargassum Frogfish
slender lizardfish
Small fish
broadbarred goby
Old Glory
Piano Fangblenny
Pink-eyed jawfish
Seram Blenny
Spotted blenny
Target Shrimpgoby
tidepool goby
Whip Goby
wrasses, Labridae
Bird Wrasse
Cheilinus chlorourus, 'floral wrasse'
lunar wrasse
Red Leopard Wrasse
Saddle Wrasse
Six-bar Wrasse
Slingjaw Wrasse
the cleaner wrasse
Variegated Rainbow Wrasse
‘Blackspot tuskfish’ Choerodon schoenleinii
‘pinstriped wrasse’ Halichoeres melanurus
Fun Facts About the Great Barrier Reef
island
birds
Bridled tern
Brown Booby
Buff Banded Rail
Great frigatebird
Honeyeaters, Meliphagidae
Silver Gull
White-Breasted Sea Eagle
fungi
crustose lichen
Mycena spp. 'bonnets'
Insects
Butterflies & Moths
Demon Face Jewel Beetle
Giant Grasshopper
Reptiles
Leaf Litter Rainbow Skink
trees
coastal sheoak
Fish Killer Tree
Indian Almond
vines and grasses
The love vine
the sea heart
others
Algae
Cactus Algae
Coral bleaching
Cyanobacteria
Funnel Weed
Sailor's eyeball
Spiny Algae
Spoon Sea Grass
Star sand
Turtle weed
Y-Branched Algae
Zooxanthellae
Bacteria & Virus
Bivalves or clams
Elongate giant clam
Fan Shell
Giant Clam
Horseshoe Clam
Oysters (Ostreida)
Smooth Giant Clam
Sponge Finger Clam
crabs
Decorator Crab
Delicate Decorator Crab
Dusty Sea Spider
Lilac Coral Crab
Porcelain Anemone Crab
Porcelain Crab
rafting crab
nudibranchs
Blue Velvet Sea Slug
gold spotted nudibranch
sea dragon
Slender Roboastra
The Fried Egg Nudibranch
The much desired Nudibranch
Turquoise Jewellery Slug
Wart Sea Slug
sea cucumbers
Brown Sandfish
Hot Dog Sea Cucumber
leopard sea cucumber
Pineapple sea cucumber
Royal Sea Cucumber
The Elephant Trunkfish
sea stars
Elegant Sea Star
Elegant Sea Star
Magic Feather Star
Multipore Sea Star
Pin Cushion sea star
Spotted Saw-toothed Feather Star
The blue star
The long pinnule feather star
Sea Urchins and Brittle Stars
Diadema Urchin
Lance Urchin
Long-Spined Sea Urchin
pencil urchin
sand dollar
shrimps barnacles and others
Graceful Anemone Shrimp
Green Marbled Mantis Shrimp
Snowflake Snapping Shrimp
Tiger Pistol Shrimp
snails squids and octopus
Bailer shell
Big Blue Octopus
Bigfin Squid
Broadclub Cuttlefish
Egg Cowrie
Geometric Cowrie
Giant Worm Snail
horn drupe
Horned helmet shell
Ox Palate Nerites
Spotted Moon Snail
Textile Cone
Sponges and Sea Squirts
Moon Ascidian
Orange Sponge
Stinker Sponge
Turtles
Green Turtle
Hawksbill Turtle
Leatherback Turtle
Worms
Blood Worm
Christmas Tree Worm
Club-Spined Scale Worm
Fireworm
Spaghetti Worm
Spotted Flatworm
Plants
Conifers
Ferns & Fern Allies
Flowering Plants
Dicots
Apiales
Asterales
Brassicales
Caryophyllales
Cucurbitales
Dilleniaceae
Fabales
Gentianales
Lamiales
Magnoliales
Malvales
Myrtales
Proteales
Sapindales
Acanthaceae
Anacardiaceae
Araliaceae
Bignoniaceae
Fabaceae
Lamiaceae
Malvaceae
Meliaceae
Myrtaceae
Rubiaceae
Rutaceae
Sapindaceae
Monocots
Alismatales
Arecales
Asparagales
Commelinales
Poales
Zingiberales
Araceae
Costaceae
Heliconiaceae
Marantaceae
Zingiberaceae
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