Orange Tritons are often found close to their prey.
Common name: Orange Triton
Scientific name: Cabestana spengleri
Photo: W. Rudman
Look for information about the triton that grows to 45 cm long and eats Crown-of-Thorns sea stars.
Rock pools and rock platforms
Orange Triton
Orange Tritons can grow to 15 cm in length. They have a red-brown-coloured shell. Their shell has many bumps and ridges.
Orange Tritons shelter in rock crevices.
Orange Tritons live on sheltered reefs around southern Australia and Queensland in water up to 20 m deep.
Orange Tritons eat Cunjevoi. Orange Tritons poke their long mouthparts into an opening in the Cunjevoi's outer coat. They eat the insides of the Cunjevoi.
Birds, octopuses and crabs eat Orange Tritons.
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