A marginal sea of the South Pacific off Australia's northeast coast, covering about 4.8 million square kilometers and hosting the world's largest reef system, the Great Barrier Reef, alongside over 1,500 fish species, 400 coral species, six species of sea turtle, humpback whales and dugongs. Mass coral spawning drives reef reproduction, the East Australian Current cycles nutrients through the system, and crown-of-thorns starfish periodically prey on coral in numbers that can strip whole reef sections. Coral bleaching from warming water, shipping accidents, oil spills, coastal runoff and cyclones threaten the sea, part of which is now protected within the 989,836 square kilometer Coral Sea Marine Park established in 2017. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Source Wikipedia: Cypraea tigris
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1. Coral Sea (Wikipedia)
WikipediaFauna section
Four hundred coral species, both hard corals and soft corals inhabit the reefs
- Biogeographic realm: australasian (derived from location stated in entity description)
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Most of it is protected by the French Natural Park of the Coral Sea
World Wildlife Fund
World Wildlife Fund- In Biome: Coral Reef
- Hosts: Ocellaris Clownfish
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National Oceanic and Atmospheric AdministrationDemonstrates: Coral BleachingView the Source Sea cucumber - Wikipedia
Hosts: Sea Cucumber, Commercial harvestQuote, Hosts: Sea Cucumber, Commercial harvest
One of Australia's oldest fisheries is the collection of sea cucumber, harvested by divers from throughout the Coral Sea in far North Queensland, Torres Straits and Western Australia.
Wikipedia: Cypraea tigris
WikipediaHosts: Tiger Cowrie (Cypraea tigris), Distribution and habitat
The tiger cowrie is found on the ocean floor in the Indo-Pacific region, from the eastern coast of Africa to the waters of Micronesia and Polynesia, the Coral Sea and around the Philippines.
Hosts: Cypraea Tigris, Distribution and habitat
The tiger cowrie is found on the ocean floor in the Indo-Pacific region, from the eastern coast of Africa to the waters of Micronesia and Polynesia, the Coral Sea and around the Philippines.
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Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of ZoologyHosts: Broadclub Cuttlefish (Sepia latimanus), Geographic RangeQuote, Hosts: Broadclub Cuttlefish (Sepia latimanus), Geographic Range
More specifically, broadclub cuttlefish are found in the Malacca Strait, the South and East China Sea, the Great Barrier Reef, the Coral Sea, and off the coast of Fiji.
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