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

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

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

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Halophila australis

A small greenish hermit crab in a shell underwater

Red Australian Map shape with the word introduced over it

Image of Tasmania map with the words No Conservation Status

Pagurid Hermit Crab Sp.

Pagurus traversi

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Phasianella australis

Green Australian Map shape with the word Endemic over it

Pencil Weed Whiting

Siphonognathus beddomei

Green Australian Map shape with the word Endemic over it

People’s Top Shell

Clanculus plebejus

Red Australian Map shape with the word introduced over it

Metacarcinus novaezelandiae

Green Australian Map shape with the word Endemic over it

Patelloida latistrigata

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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