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 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

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

Green Australian Map shape with the word Endemic over it

Little Sponge Creeper

Ataxocerithium serotinum

Green Australian Map shape with the word Endemic over it

Little Weed Whiting

Neoodax balteatus

Green Australian Map shape with the word Endemic over it

Little White Tellen

Tellinota albinella

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Liverwort Seaweed

Dictyosphaeria sericea

Green Australian Map shape with the word Endemic over it

Long Dove Shell

Mitrella tenuis

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Dinolestes lewini

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Longsnout Boarfish

Pentaceropsis recurvirostris

Green Australian Map shape with the word Endemic over it

Longsnout Flounder

Ammotretis rostratus

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Macleay’s sea-slug

Baeolidia macleayi

Green Australian Map shape with the word Endemic over it

Atypichthys strigatus

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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