Overview of the Conservation of Australian Marine Invertebrates

Contents

 

Executive Summary

 

Introduction

 

Fauna & Places
  

Conservation General

 

Taxon Approach

 

Systems Approach

 

Threatening Process

 

Information Base

 

Administration

 

Education

 

References

 

Acknowledgements

 

Appendices

 

 

CONTENTS OF CHAPTER 2

CHAPTER 2 – THE AUSTRALIAN MARINE INVERTEBRATE FAUNA

2.1    State of knowledge of Australian marine invertebrates

2.1.1   The taxonomic impediment

2.2    Marine invertebrate taxa found in Australia

2.2.1    Porifera (Sponges)
2.2.2
    Cnidaria (Corals, Hydroids, Jellyfishes, Sea Anemones, Bluebottles etc.)
2.2.3
    Ctenophora (Comb Jellies)
2.2.4
    Platyhelminthes (Flatworms, Flukes and Tapeworms)
2.2.5
    Nemertea (Ribbon Worms, Proboscis Worms)
2.2.6
    Gnathostomulida
2.2.7
    Gastrotricha
2.2.8
    Nematoda (=Nemata) (Round Worms, Threadworms)
2.2.9
    Nematomorpha (Horsehair Worms)
2.2.10
  Kinorhyncha
2.2.11
  Loricifera
2.2.12
  Priapula
2.2.13
  Rotifera
2.2.14
  Sipuncula (Peanut Worms)
2.2.15
  Echiura
2.2.16
  Annelida (Segmented Worms)
2.2.17
  Kamptozoa (=Entoprocta)
2.2.18
  Phoronida (Horseshoe Worms)
2.2.19
  Bryozoa (Moss Animals, Sea Mats, Lace Corals)
2.2.20
  Brachiopoda (Lamp Shells)
2.2.21
  Mollusca (Snails, Slugs, Limpets, Squid, Octopuses, Cockles, Oysters, Clams, Chitons etc.)
2.2.22  Arthropoda (Jointed Limbed Animals - Crustaceans, Insects, Spiders etc.)
2.2.23
  Echinodermata (Sea Urchins, Starfish, Brittle Stars, Sea Cucumbers etc.)
2.2.24
  Chaetognatha (Arrow worms)
2.2.25
  Hemichordata
2.2.26
  Tunicata (=Urochordata)
2.2.27
  Cephalochordata (Lancelets)

2.3    Marine invertebrate fauna of the States, Territories and Islands

2.3.1   States and mainland territories

2.3.2   Coral Sea

2.3.3   Tasman Sea – Lord Howe, Norfolk Is, Elizabeth and Middleton Reefs and Tasman Sea Mounts

2.3.4   Indian Ocean – Christmas and Cocos Island

2.3.5   Antarctic and sub-Antarctic

2.3.6   Summary – state of knowledge by States and Territories

2.4    Biodiversity, endemism and distribution patterns in the Australian marine invertebrate fauna

2.4.1   Geological history and origins of the fauna

2.4.2   Distribution patterns and major faunal regions

2.5    Main Issues and Recommended Actions

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