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

A brownish red shell of the marine gastropd Phycothais reticulata washed up

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Knobbly Rock Shell

Phycothais reticulata

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Divalucina cumingi

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Celleporaria cristata

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Densipora corrugata

Green Australian Map shape with the word Endemic over it

Laddered Truncatella

Truncatella scalarina

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Magellania flavescens

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Leafy Bonnet Limpet

Antisabia foliacea

Green Australian Map shape with the word Endemic over it

Legrand’s Top Shell

Calliostoma legrandi

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Limpet-like Sea Slug

Onchidella nigricans

A greenish shell with blak marks on a rock

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Lineated Cominella

Cominella lineolata

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Little Bean Tapes

Venerupis anomala

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Little Black Mussel

Xenostrobus pulex

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Little Blue Periwinkle

Austrolittorina unifasciata

A brown and cream colour marine snail on a brown seaweed

Green Australian Map shape with the word Endemic over it

Little Bubble Shell

Papawera maugeansis

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Little Shore Crab

Parvonotus spinosus

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Little Southern Triton

Cymatiella verrucosa

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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

Thin white bivalve shells laying on sand

Limaria imitans

Limaria imitans a marine bivalve species washed up along Tomahawk Beach