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

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

A pinkish conical shell amoungst seaweed on the beach

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Jeweled Top Shell

Astele armillata

Green Australian Map shape with the word Endemic over it

Johnston's Weedfish

Heteroclinus johnstoni

A long white shell Epitonium jukesianum laying on course sand

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Jukes wentletrap

Epitonium jukesianum

Green Australian Map shape with the word Endemic over it

Keeled Clanculus

Clanculus limbatus

An orangey brownish shell on the stem of a brown algae underwater

Green Australian Map shape with the word Endemic over it

Phasianotrochus eximius

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

King George Whiting

Sillaginodes punctatus

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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 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