Species Guide — Marine Life

Marine
Life

The species that can be found in our waterways and the sea

Marine Life

423 species documented

Filter All Fish Crabs & Allies Sponges & Seaweeds Sharks & Rays Whales & Dolphins Octopus & Squid Sea Stars Jelly fish Shellfish Other

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Golden Decorator Crab

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Ecklonia radiata

Green Australian Map shape with the word Endemic over it

Golden Small Star

Bellastraea aurea

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Nototodarus gouldi

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Cacozeliana granarium

Green Australian Map shape with the word Endemic over it

Granose Wentletrap

Opalia granosa

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Caulerpa papillosa

Green seaweed pictured amoungst other seaweed on a reef

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Green Seaweed Sp.

Caulerpa simpliciuscula

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Green Spoon Worm

Metabonellia haswelli

Green Australian Map shape with the word Endemic over it

Greenback Flounder

Rhombosolea tapirina

Live abalone on a rock in underwater

Green Australian Map shape with the word Endemic over it

Greenlip Abalone

Haliotis laevigata

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Grey side-gilled slug

Pleurobranchaea maculata

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Mustelus antarcticus

Green Australian Map shape with the word Endemic over it

Gunn's Screw Shell

Gazameda gunnii

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Gunn's Six-armed Star

Meridiastra gunnii

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Ulva intestinalis

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Thin white bivalve shells laying on sand

Limaria imitans

Limaria imitans a marine bivalve species washed up along Tomahawk Beach

Hermit crab in a shell underwater

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

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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