Lonsdale Wall

Lonsdale Wall is the remains of an ancient Yarra River gorge formed when sea levels were lower during the ice age. Now flooded between Point Lonsdale and Point Nepean, the one kilometre wall offers divers overhangs, canyons and ledges filled with diverse fish and invertebrate life.

Marine life at this site

Overhangs, canyons and ledges host diverse fish and invertebrates, including Blue Devils, Leatherjackets, Sea Sweep and even Wobbegongs, with colourful sponges, corals and hydroids hidd

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

Warty Ear Shell

Haliotis rubra6 obs.

Biscuit Star

Tosia australis5 obs.

Variegated limpet

Cellana tramoserica2 obs.

The Interwoven Purpura

Dicathais orbita2 obs.

Svamp

Demospongiae1 obs.

Cleft-fronted Shore Crab

Guinusia chabrus1 obs.

Snegl (hav-/nøgensnegl)

Zafra1 obs.

Snegl (hav-/nøgensnegl)

Cominella lineolata1 obs.

Snegl (hav-/nøgensnegl)

Turbonilla1 obs.

Krebsdyr

Ovalipes australiensis1 obs.

Brown Fur Seal

Arctocephalus pusillus1 obs.

Western Pacific purple sea urchin

Heliocidaris erythrogramma1 obs.

Snegl (hav-/nøgensnegl)

Siphonariidae1 obs.

Australian Pheasant Or Painted Lady

Phasianella australis1 obs.

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Green-lip Abalone

Haliotis laevigata3 obs.

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Feather Star

Cenolia trichoptera2 obs.

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Tiny Hermit Crab

Micropagurus acantholepis1 obs.

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Snegl (hav-/nøgensnegl)

Australaria australasia1 obs.

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Lehmann's Top Shell

Prothalotia lehmanni1 obs.

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Snegl (hav-/nøgensnegl)

Gabrielona nepeanensis1 obs.

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Hydroide

Gymnangium ascidioides1 obs.

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Musling

Neolepton1 obs.

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blacklip abalone

Haliotis rubra rubra1 obs.

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Børsteorm

Sabellariidae1 obs.