Species Guide — Marine Life

Marine
Life

The species that can be found in our waterways and the sea

Marine Life

409 species documented

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Green Australian Map shape with the word Endemic over it

Melbourne Skate

Spiniraja whitleyi

Green Australian Map shape with the word Endemic over it

Menke's Dove Shell

Mitrella menkeana

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Venerupis galactites

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Plectaster decanus

Green Australian Map shape with the word Endemic over it

Mottled Shore Crab

Paragrapsus laevis

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Mueller's Fern Caulerpa

Caulerpa muelleri

A flattened forked brown algae underwater

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Mueller’s Forkweed

Dictyopteris muelleri

Green Australian Map shape with the word Endemic over it

Bedeva paivae

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Ostrea angasi

Green Australian Map shape with the word Endemic over it

Necklace Weed Shell

Phasianotrochus bellulus

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Neptune's Necklace

Hormosira banksii

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Musculus impactus

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

New Holland Spindle Shell

Propefusus novaehollandiae

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

New Zealand Hairy Mussel

Modiolus areolatus

A group of greenish-blue crabs on sand

Red Australian Map shape with the word introduced over it

New Zealand Half Crab

Petrolisthes elongatus

Red Australian Map shape with the word introduced over it

New Zealand Screw Shell

Maoricolpus roseus

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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

A small brown and white crab underwater

Three-Pronged Spider Crab Halicarcinus ovatus

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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

Hermit crab in a shell underwater

A small hermit crab species this guy is under 10mm in size