Species Guide — Marine Life — Crabs & Allies

Marine
Life

Subcategory: Crabs & Allies
Crabs, shrimp and other decapods

Crabs & Allies

33 species documented

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A red crab on rock covered with short seaweed

Green Australian Map shape with the word Endemic over it

Image of Tasmania map with the words No Conservation Status

Nectocarcinus tuberculosus

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Hermit crab in a shell underwater

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

Thin white bivalve shells laying on sand

Limaria imitans

Limaria imitans a marine bivalve species washed up along Tomahawk Beach

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

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