Species Guide — Marine Life

Marine
Life

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

Marine Life

409 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 Endemic over it

Granose Wentletrap

Opalia granosa

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Caulerpa papillosa

Green seaweed pictured amoungst other seaweed on a reef

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Green Seaweed Sp.

Caulerpa simpliciuscula

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Green Spoon Worm

Metabonellia haswelli

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Greenback Flounder

Rhombosolea tapirina

Live abalone on a rock in underwater

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Greenlip Abalone

Haliotis laevigata

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Grey side-gilled slug

Pleurobranchaea maculata

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Mustelus antarcticus

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Gunn's Screw Shell

Gazameda gunnii

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Gunn's Six-armed Star

Meridiastra gunnii

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Ulva intestinalis

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Hairy Seaweed Crab

Notomithrax ursus

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Hairy Stalked Barnacle

Ibla quadrivalvis

A hairy crab on a rock with barnacles around it

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Hairy Stone Crab

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Half-Grained Helmet

Semicassis semigranosa

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Haswell's Shore Crab

Helograpsus haswellianus

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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

Hermit crab in a shell underwater

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

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 small brown and white crab underwater

Three-Pronged Spider Crab Halicarcinus ovatus

This one is about 8mm in size <br><br> #tasmania #tasmaniaparks #marinebiology #discovertasmania #visitnorthtas #instatasmania #seetasmania #tomahawk #lutruwita #dorsettasmania #northeasttasmania #visitnortheasttasmania