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

A group seaweeds in a small rockpool

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Hairy Sand Weed

Cladostephus spongiosus

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Hairy Seaweed Crab

Notomithrax ursus

Green Australian Map shape with the word Endemic over it

Hairy Stalked Barnacle

Ibla quadrivalvis

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

Half-Grained Helmet

Semicassis semigranosa

Green Australian Map shape with the word Endemic over it

Haswell's Shore Crab

Helograpsus haswellianus

Green Australian Map shape with the word Endemic over it

Olisthops cyanomelas

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Honeycomb Barnacle

Chamaesipho tasmanica

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Horse Hoof Limpet

Sabia australis

Green Australian Map shape with the word Endemic over it

Horseshoe Leatherjacket

Meuschenia hippocrepis

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Stereotheca elongata

Green Australian Map shape with the word Endemic over it

Imbricated False Ear Shell

Granata imbricata

Green Australian Map shape with the word Endemic over it

Imitating File Shell

Limaria imitans

A greensih brown banded shell on sand

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Impoverished Dog Whelk

Nassarius pauperatus

Green Australian Map shape with the word Endemic over it

Intertidal Tube Worm

Galeolaria caespitosa

A mottled brown and white sea star on a rock underwater

Green Australian Map shape with the word Endemic over it

Irregular Sea Star

Smilasterias irregularis

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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

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 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