Slimy bags
Distribution:
Found along southern Australia in subtidal areas to 20 m deep, slimy bags attaches to reef and rubble with a holdfast. Resembling a bunch of elongated balloons, they often grow in a cluster to about 15 cm high. The scientific name Gloiosaccion literally translates to ‘glue sacks’. If you find one washed up on the beach, break it open and you will find a thick slimy substance – it is thought that this substance may deter herbivores (plant-eating animals).
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- Chordates – Animals with backbones
- Invertebrates – Animals without backbones
- Abalone
- Acorn barnacle
- Baler shell
- Blue button sea jelly
- Bluebottle
- Bryozoan
- Bubbler crabs and sand balls
- Chiton
- Cone shell
- Coral
- Cowry shell
- Crab
- Cuttlebone
- Goose barnacle
- Hermit crabs
- Horned ghost crab (Manburr)
- Limpet
- Mud crab
- Mussel
- Periwinkle
- Pipi
- Ram’s horn shell
- Razor clam
- Sand dollars
- Scallop
- Sea hare
- Sea hares
- Sea jelly
- Sea star
- Sea urchin
- Silver-lip pearl oyster
- Sponge
- Tube worm
- Turban snail
- Violet snail
- Marine Pests
- Seagrasses and Algae
- Unusual Finds