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

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

Green Australian Map shape with the word Endemic over it

Notched False Limpet

Emarginula candida

A small brownish grey cover with dark spots closeup

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Image of Tasmania map with the words No Conservation Status

Notched Shore Crab

Paragrapsus quadridentatus

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Oak-leaved Red algae

Thuretia quercifolia

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Oblique Southern Cockle

Acrosterigma cygnorum

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Ocellate Seastar

Nectria ocellata

A school of black and silver fish under water

Green Australian Map shape with the word Endemic over it

Image of Tasmania map with the words No Conservation Status

Enoplosus armatus

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Orange Feather Star

Cenolia trichoptera

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Orange-Edged Limpet

Cellana solida

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Colpomenia sinuosa

Red Australian Map shape with the word introduced over it

Magallana gigas

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Thin white bivalve shells laying on sand

Limaria imitans

Limaria imitans a marine bivalve species washed up along Tomahawk Beach

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