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Various marine animals

Distribution details

 

Sponges

Species of medical interest:
Pacific area, Caribbean, Australian coasts, northeast coast of USA. Possibly other areas

 

Seaurchins

Starfishes

Species of medical interest:
Indopacific area, Red sea, Caribbean, tropical and subtropical Atlantic coasts of South America and Africa

Bristle worms

Species of medical interest:
From tropical to warm oceans and seas. Atlantic coast of the USA/Canada and Norway, New Zealand

Cone shells


Species of medical interest:
Tropical zones of the Indopacific area, some also in subtropical and temperate zones of the Indopacific Oceans

 

Octopuses

Species of medical interest:
Blue ringed octopus in coastal waters of Australia (including Tasmania) and Southeast Asia

Various fresh water animals 

 Distribution details

Platypus

Eastern Australia, from Cooktown to Tasmania.

Catfishes

Rivers and lakes worldwide

Hydrophis semperi (Seasnake)

Lake Taal (Luzon, Philippines)

Laticauda crockeri (Seasnake)

Lake Tegano (Rennell Island, Solomon Islands)