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    Ocean Encyclopedia
    A to Z of Australian Marine Life

    Biodiversity is the variation of life forms within a given ecosystem, biome, or for the entire Earth. Biodiversity is often used as a measure of the health of biological systems. The biodiversity found on Earth today consists of many millions of distinct biological species, which is the product of nearly 3.5 billion years of evolution. Biodiversity provides many ecosystem services that are often not readily visible. It plays a part in regulating the chemistry of our atmosphere and water supply. Biodiversity is directly involved in water purification, recycling nutrients and providing fertile soils. Experiments with controlled environments have shown that humans cannot easily build ecosystems to support human needs; for example insect pollination cannot be mimicked by human-made construction, and that activity alone represents tens of billions of dollars in ecosystem services per annum to humankind.

    The conservation of biological diversity is a global priority requiring strategic conservation plans that engage concerns affecting local, regional and global scales of communities, ecosystems, and cultures. The recent era we are living in is known to science as the Holocene extinction period, with the current extinction rate the most rapid loss of biodiversity when measured against the other five major extinction spasms recorded in the fossil record. Conserving biodiversity and action plans are needed to sustain human well-being and global economics, including natural capital, market capital, and ecosystem services.

    The A-Z compilation of Marine Creatures is a small taste of our amazing Australian marine biodiversity most of which in some way may be effected by climate change through Ocean acidification and Habitat loss as a few examples.

    Encyclopedia of Australia Sea Life

    A


    Abalone (blacklipped)

    Anglerfish (D’Entrecasteaux)

    Red Waratah Anemone

    Australia Sea Lion




    B


    Blenny, Queensland

    Box Jellyfish

    Blue Jelly Blubber

    Blue-ringed Octopus




    C


    Coral, Black

    Cone Snail, Textile

    Coccolithophore

    Cowrie, Egg

    Hermit Crab, Red Faced

    Cuttlefish




    D


    Dugong




    E


    Eel, Moray Yellow

    Elephant Snail




    F


    Anglerfish (D’Entrecasteaux)

    Blenny, Queensland

    Groper, Eastern Blue

    Grouper, Queensland Giant

    Jewfish

    John Dory

    Foraminifera




    G


    Grey Nurse Shark

    Eastern Blue Groper

    Queensland Giant Grouper




    I


    Isopod




    J


    Box Jellyfish

    Blue Jelly Blubber

    Jewfish

    John Dory




    K


    Krill, Pacific




    L


    Leafy Seadragon




    M


    Mantis Shrimp




    N


    Nudibranch




    O


    Blue-ringed Octopus

    Ostracod




    P


    Phytoplankton




    R


    Red Indian Fish




    S


    Striped Pyjama squid

    Sea Lion, Australian

    Leafy Seadragon

    Weedy Seadragon

    New Zealand Fur Seal

    Live-bearing seastar

    Grey Nurse Shark

    Tiger Shark

    Whitefin swell shark

    Live-bearing seastar

    Shrimp - Mantis

    Sole, Unicorn




    T


    Tun Shell

    Tuna, Yellow Fin

    Green Turtle




    U


    Umbrella Shell




    V


    Violet Sea Snail

    Viperfish (Sloane's)




    W


    Humpback Whale

    Whitefin swell shark

    Feather Duster Worm

    Tube Worm, White

    Brown Tube Worm




    Z


    Zooxanthellae

    Zooplankton





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