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

A Chiton on a rock underwater

Green Australian Map shape with the word Endemic over it

Pigmented chiton

Ischnochiton lentiginosus

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Placid Frilled Venus

Placamen placidum

Green Australian Map shape with the word Endemic over it

Pointed Kelp Shell

Phasianotrochus apicinus

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Port Jackson Shark

Heterodontus portusjacksoni

Green Australian Map shape with the word Endemic over it

Posterior Keyhole Limpet

Macroschisma tasmaniae

Green Australian Map shape with the word Endemic over it

Prickly Toadfish

Contusus brevicaudus

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Pure Trough Shell

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Purple Mouthed Rock Shell

Bedeva vinosa

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Purple sea urchin

Heliocidaris erythrogramma

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Notolabrus fucicola

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Purple-mottled Shore Crab

Cyclograpsus granulosus

Two small marine spiders on a rock

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Ammothea australiensis

Green Australian Map shape with the word Endemic over it

Pygmy Date Shell

Solemya velesiana

Green Australian Map shape with the word Endemic over it

Pygmy Margin Shell

Mesoginella pygmaeoides

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Equichlamys bifrons

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Heteroscarus acroptilus

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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 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 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

Thin white bivalve shells laying on sand

Limaria imitans

Limaria imitans a marine bivalve species washed up along Tomahawk Beach