Table 3 Overall taxonomic and abundance summary of invertebrate fauna, by major taxonomic group. ‘Lodged at’ notes museum collection where voucher material was deposited

Porifera

Demospongiae

36

64

142

3

SAMA

Calcarea

10

16

34

7

SAMA

Hexactinellida

7

11

49

5

SAMA

Cnidaria

Hydroida^a

–

–

–

–

NMV

Siphonophorae

1

1

1

NMV

Antipatharia

4

6

9

1

CSIRO

Octocorallia

18

42

74

40

CSIRO

3 new genera

Actiniaria

9

21

56

28

SAMA

Corallimorpharia

1

2

3

0

SAMA

Zoantharia^a

–

–

–

–

SAMA

Scleractinia

5

10

16

5

SAMA

Brachiopoda

–

4

4

5

0

SAMA

Bryozoa

–

4

4

6

0

SAMA

Nemertea^a

–

–

–

–

–

SAMA

Nematoda^a

–

–

–

–

–

SAMA

Annelida

Sipuncula

–

–

8

–

SAMA

Echiura

–

–

1

–

SAMA

Polychaeta

40

95

167

104

SAMA, NMV, AM

Oligochaeta

2

2

3

1

SAMA

Mollusca

Aplacophora

3

3

6

1

SAMA

Polyplacophora

1

1

1

0

SAMA

Bivalvia

18

29

43

0

SAMA, NMV

Scaphopoda

4

5

11

4

AM

Cephalopoda

13

15

23

4

AM

Gastropoda

42

78

110

54

AM, NMV

2 new genera

Echinodermata

Crinoidea

3

4

4

2

NMV

Asteroidea

18

40

89

17

NMV

Ophiuroidea

23

33

64

12

NMV

Echinoidea

12

16

19

1

AM

Holothuroidea

12

22

32

17

NMV

Arthropoda

Cirripedia

5

18

32

1

WAM

Cumacea

–

–

–

–

SAMA

Tanaidacea

–

–

14

0

SAMA

Isopoda

21

45

61

50

NMV, SAMA

4 new genera

Amphipoda

27

38

52

19

NMV, SAMA

Lophogastrida

1

1

2

0

AM

Decapoda

36

75

114

20

AM

Stomatopoda

2

2

2

0

AM

Pycnogonida

4

7

14

5

NMV

Chordata

Ascidiacea^a

–

–

–

–

SAMA

Total

386

710

1267

401