Species Guide — Marine Life — Crabs & Allies

Marine
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Subcategory: Crabs & Allies
Crabs, shrimp and other decapods

Crabs & Allies

33 species documented

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A reddish and white shrimp on a sponge underwater

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Image of Tasmania map with the words No Conservation Status

Alope orientalis

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Beaded Hairy Crab

Pilumnus monilifera

Green Australian Map shape with the word Endemic over it

Burrowing Shore Crab

Leptograpsodes octodentatus

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Common Sand Crab

Ovalipes australiensis

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Common Shore Crab

Paragrapsus gaimardii

A green crab on rocks

Red Australian Map shape with the word introduced over it

Image of Tasmania map with the words No Conservation Status

European Green Crab

Carcinus maenas

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Fringed Sponge Crab

Lamarckdromia globosa

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Golden Decorator Crab

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Hairy Seaweed Crab

Notomithrax ursus

A hairy crab on a rock with barnacles around it

Green Australian Map shape with the word Endemic over it

Image of Tasmania map with the words No Conservation Status

Hairy Stone Crab

Green Australian Map shape with the word Endemic over it

Haswell's Shore Crab

Helograpsus haswellianus

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Little Shore Crab

Parvonotus spinosus

Green Australian Map shape with the word Endemic over it

Mottled Shore Crab

Paragrapsus laevis

A group of greenish-blue crabs on sand

Red Australian Map shape with the word introduced over it

New Zealand Half Crab

Petrolisthes elongatus

A small brownish grey cover with dark spots closeup

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Image of Tasmania map with the words No Conservation Status

Notched Shore Crab

Paragrapsus quadridentatus

A small greenish hermit crab in a shell underwater

Red Australian Map shape with the word introduced over it

Image of Tasmania map with the words No Conservation Status

Pagurid Hermit Crab Sp.

Pagurus traversi

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Thin white bivalve shells laying on sand

Limaria imitans

Limaria imitans a marine bivalve species washed up along Tomahawk Beach

A sea-slug on a rock underwater

Macleay’s sea-slug (Baeolidia macleayi)

Macleay’s sea-slug (Baeolidia macleayi)<br><br> https://tomahawk.org.au/flora-fauna/view-species/baeolidia-macleayi

A small brown and white crab underwater

Three-Pronged Spider Crab Halicarcinus ovatus

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A marine flatworm on a rock underwater

Carpet Flatworm (Thysanozoon brocchii)

Carpet Flatworm (Thysanozoon brocchii) <br><br> https://tomahawk.org.au/flora-fauna/view-species/thysanozoon-brocchii