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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Red Australian Map shape with the word introduced over it

Metacarcinus novaezelandiae

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Purple-mottled Shore Crab

Cyclograpsus granulosus

A brownish crab being held in a hand looking at the carapace

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Guinusia chabrus

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Richardson's Snapping Shrimp

Alpheus richardsoni

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Rock-Pool Shrimp

Palaemon serenus

Crab underwater

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Image of Tasmania map with the words No Conservation Status

Rough Rock Crab

Nectocarcinus integrifrons

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Heloecius cordiformis

A hairy crab underwater

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Small Decorator Crab

Notomithrax minor

Green Australian Map shape with the word Endemic over it

Smooth Shore Crab

Cyclograpsus audouinii

A reddish and white shrimp on a rock

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Snapping Shrimp

Athanas granti

A red and blue Soldier Crab standing on sand next to a hole it dug out of

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Mictyris platycheles

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Southern Rock Lobster

Jasus edwardsii

A brownish coloured crab on a rock

Green Australian Map shape with the word Endemic over it

Southern Sentinel Crab

Tasmanoplax latifrons

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Swift-footed Shore Crab

Leptograpsus variegatus

A brownish crab on a rock

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Image of Tasmania map with the words No Conservation Status

Three-Pronged Flat Spider Crab

Halicarcinus ovatus

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Tiny Hermit Crab

Micropagurus acantholepis

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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 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

Hermit crab in a shell underwater

A small hermit crab species this guy is under 10mm in size