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Title: Weedy seadragon in giant kelp forest. Tasmania, Australia.
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A weedy seadragon (Phyllopteryx taeniolatus) swims through a forest of giant kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera). Weedy seadragons vary greatly in colour across their range, this particularly colourful individual is typical on Tasmania. Fortescue Bay, Eagle Hawk Neck, Tasmania. Australia. Tasman Sea.
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- Algae
- Australia
- Bony Fishes: Osteichthyes
- Brown Algae
- Brown Algae: Brown Seaweeds: Phaeophyta
- Eagle Hawk Neck
- Fishes
- giant kelp: Macrocystis pyrifera
- kelp forest
- Kelps: Sea Weeds: Laminariales
- Marine Life
- Seahorses: Syngathidae: Sygnathidae
- Tasmania
- Tasman Sea
- temperate
- weedy seadragon: Phyllopteryx taeniolatus
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