Field Guide to Shallow Water Seastars of Australia

Field Guide to Shallow Water Seastars of Australia
Author: Loisette Marsh
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 2020-08
Genre:
ISBN: 9781925040395

Seastars are some of the most beautiful and intriguing animals living in our oceans. Their shapes, diversity of colours, sizes and surface patterns are unique and amazing. Found from the deep sea to the shallow waters of intertidal areas, these 'stars of the sea' are often encountered by swimmers, snorkellers and divers, or even washed up on shore after storms and wild seas. This comprehensive guide covers over 200 species of shallow water seastars found in Australia, how to identify them, where they live, what they eat, when and how they reproduce, and many other fascinating aspects of their biology.

Sea Slugs and Their Relatives of Western Australia

Sea Slugs and Their Relatives of Western Australia
Author: Fred E. Wells
Publisher: Sea Challengers
Total Pages: 200
Release: 1993
Genre: Nature
ISBN:

This colorful field guide describes the nudibranchs from Western Australia. Each brief description includes scientific name, size, abundance, and geographical range. Highly recommended for anyone interested in this group of molluscs.

Papers

Papers
Author: Carnegie Institution of Washington. Tortugas Laboratory
Publisher:
Total Pages: 328
Release: 1921
Genre: Marine biology
ISBN:

Australian Echinoderms

Australian Echinoderms
Author: Timothy O'Hara
Publisher: CSIRO PUBLISHING
Total Pages: 931
Release: 2017-06-01
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1486307647

Echinoderms, including feather stars, seastars, brittle stars, sea urchins and sea cucumbers, are some of the most beautiful and interesting animals in the sea. They play an important ecological role and several species of sea urchins and sea cucumbers form the basis of important fisheries. Over 1000 species live in Australian waters, from the shoreline to the depths of the abyssal plain and the tropics to Antarctic waters. Australian Echinoderms is an authoritative account of Australia’s 110 families of echinoderms. It brings together in a single volume comprehensive information on the identification, biology, evolution, ecology and management of these animals for the first time. Richly illustrated with beautiful photographs and written in an accessible style, Australian Echinoderms suits the needs of marine enthusiasts, academics and fisheries managers both in Australia and other geographical areas where echinoderms are studied.