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Map of Australia. The list of marine animals of Australia (temperate waters) is a list of marine and shore-based species that form a part of the fauna of Australia.This list includes animals which either live entirely marine lives, or which spend critical parts of their lives at sea.
A marsupial lion skeleton in the Naracoorte Caves, South Australia. The term Australian megafauna refers to the megafauna in Australia [1] during the Pleistocene Epoch.Most of these species became extinct during the latter half of the Pleistocene, and the roles of human and climatic factors in their extinction are contested.
Psychrolutes marcidus, the smooth-head blobfish, [1] also known simply as blobfish, [1] is a deep-sea fish of the family Psychrolutidae. It inhabits the deep waters off the coasts of mainland Australia and Tasmania, as well as the waters of New Zealand. [2] Blobfish are typically shorter than 30 cm (12 in).
The deep sea enchants. Every deep sea expedition returns with footage of new, rare, and/or alien-like creatures. One of the latest such journeys, undertaken by marine researchers aboard the ...
It is a sub-list of the list of mammals of Australia. Conservation status listed follows the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (v. 2013.2; data current at 3 March 2014 [ 2 ] ): EX – extinct
[4] [5] The reef is located in the Coral Sea, off the coast of Queensland, Australia, separated from the coast by a channel 160 kilometres (100 mi) wide in places and over 61 metres (200 ft) deep. [6] The Great Barrier Reef can be seen from outer space and is the world's biggest single structure made by living organisms. [7]
The red kangaroo is the largest extant macropod and is one of Australia's heraldic animals, appearing with the emu on the coat of arms of Australia. [1]The fauna of Australia consists of a large variety of animals; some 46% of birds, 69% of mammals, 94% of amphibians, and 93% of reptiles that inhabit the continent are endemic to it.
Creatures of the deep may refer to: Deep-sea community "Creatures of the Deep" , a 2009 BBC television documentary episode; Exotic Creatures of the Deep, album by Sparks released in 2008; Lost Treasures: Creatures of the Deep, album by trance DJ/producer Tiësto released in 1997