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 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

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

A brownish flatworm on a rock underwater

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Leptostylochus victoriensis sp.

Leptostylochus victoriensis

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Limpet-like Sea Slug

Onchidella nigricans

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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 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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Thin white bivalve shells laying on sand

Limaria imitans

Limaria imitans a marine bivalve species washed up along Tomahawk Beach