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This fact sheet provides information about blue swimmer crabs, a tropical crustacean species found in Western Australia mainly between Karratha and Dunsborough. Also known as a blue manna crab, it is an important recreational and commercial fishing species.
Resource type: Fact SheetLast updated: 09.03.2026
Roe’s Abalone are a reef-dwelling marine snail in Western Australia which are the target of one of the world’s shortest recreational fishing seasons. Despite this fishing pressure, WA can boast one of the few remaining sustainable wild-stock abalone fisheries.
Resource type: Fact SheetLast updated: 24.11.2025
Now referred to as sea stars, these star like creatures were once known as starfish.
Resource type: Fun Fact SheetLast updated: 08.10.2025
Sometimes referred to as jellyfish, the sea jelly is not a fish at all as it lacks vertebrae.
Resource type: Fun Fact SheetLast updated: 08.10.2025
This sausage or cucumber-shaped animal is known as a sea cucumber, and there are around 1,200 species of sea cucumber worldwide!
Resource type: Fun Fact SheetLast updated: 08.10.2025
These beautiful creatures are not your average sea slug!
Resource type: Fun Fact SheetLast updated: 08.10.2025
Octopuses are among of the most fascinating and intelligent marine invertebrates. These molluscs belong to the class Cephalopoda which also includes squid, cuttlefish, and nautilus.
Resource type: Fun Fact SheetLast updated: 08.10.2025
Colourful and protected by a strong carapace, the western rock lobster is one of the family of 'spiny' lobsters - and the target of WA's largest and most valuable fishery. This fact sheet explores the basic biology of the western rock lobster.
Resource type: Fact SheetLast updated: 17.09.2025
The Western Australian marine environment is home to a number of species that are protected under international agreements and national or state legislation.
Resource type: Field GuideLast updated: 15.07.2025
Explore the beach flotsam and jetsam of the South Coast bioregion.
Resource type: PosterLast updated: 23.04.2025
Explore the classification of beach flotsam and jetsam of the West Coast bioregion.
Resource type: PosterLast updated: 26.04.2023
This poster features the life cycle of the Western Rock Lobster with images of egg and larval stages
Resource type: PosterLast updated: 29.08.2022
Colour me in. Explore the ocean... how many species can you find?
Resource type: Fishy Fun SheetLast updated: 09.06.2022
Dot-to-dot. Join the dots to find out how many legs I have.
Resource type: Fishy Fun SheetLast updated: 09.06.2022
Complete the word-fill using the words provided.
Resource type: Fishy Fun SheetLast updated: 09.06.2022
This red crab is a terrestrial (land) species of crab found almost exclusively on Christmas Island in the Indian Ocean.
Resource type: Fun Fact SheetLast updated: 09.06.2022
The Asian paddle crab, also know as the Lady Crab, is an introduced crab that usually lives in the waters off South East Asia.
Resource type: Fun Fact SheetLast updated: 09.06.2022
Have you ever seen holes on the beach that look as though they have been made by someone poking an umbrella in the sand? You may actually have been looking at the burrow of a golden ghost crab.
Resource type: Fun Fact SheetLast updated: 09.06.2022
The WA pearl oyster fishery is the only remaining significant wild-stock fishery for pearl oysters in the world. Can you help the diver find the pearl oyster beds?
Resource type: Fishy Fun SheetLast updated: 09.06.2022
There are around 1,000 different species of chitons worldwide. In Australia, South Australia has the greatest concentration of species.
Resource type: Fun Fact SheetLast updated: 09.06.2022
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