Popes Eye

Pope’s Eye is a sandy shoal with a partially completed bluestone fortification called the Annulus. It was to be the foundation of an island fort in the 1880’s to protect the bay.

Critters at this site

Pope’s Eye is a sanctuary for a huge variety of species including colorful reef fish, octopus, feather stars, cuttlefish, seals, and gorgonian corals.

Based on open observations nearbywithin ~5 km — likely to see, not necessarily confirmed at the site itself.

Warty Ear Shell

Haliotis rubra3 obs.

Australian Pheasant Or Painted Lady

Phasianella australis3 obs.

The Interwoven Purpura

Dicathais orbita2 obs.

Variegated limpet

Cellana tramoserica2 obs.

Snegl (hav-/nøgensnegl)

Australaria australasia1 obs.

Biscuit Star

Tosia australis1 obs.

Snegl (hav-/nøgensnegl)

Siphonariidae1 obs.

Børsteorm

Marphysa1 obs.

Cleft-fronted Shore Crab

Guinusia chabrus1 obs.

Snegl (hav-/nøgensnegl)

Cominella lineolata1 obs.

Snegl (hav-/nøgensnegl)

Zafra1 obs.

Snegl (hav-/nøgensnegl)

Turbonilla1 obs.

Krebsdyr

Ovalipes australiensis1 obs.

Svamp

Demospongiae1 obs.

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Hydroide

Sertularia unguiculata1 obs.

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Børsteorm

Sabellariidae1 obs.

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Krebsdyr

Quadrimaera viridis1 obs.

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Snegl (hav-/nøgensnegl)

Sydaphera lactea1 obs.

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Snegl (hav-/nøgensnegl)

Nerita Linnaeus, 17581 obs.

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Krebsdyr

Liljeborgia1 obs.

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Hairy Three-Area Mussel

Gregariella barbata1 obs.

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Blæksprutte

Ascarosepion novaehollandiae1 obs.

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Snegl (hav-/nøgensnegl)

Macroschisma tasmaniae1 obs.

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Krebsdyr

Chondrochelia billambi1 obs.