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

Notolabrus fucicola

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Purple-mottled Shore Crab

Cyclograpsus granulosus

Two small marine spiders on a rock

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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

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Equichlamys bifrons

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Heteroscarus acroptilus

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Rainbow Kelp Shell

Phasianotrochus irisodontes

Red Australian Map shape with the word introduced over it

Oncorhynchus mykiss

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Rayed Keyhole Limpet

Amblychilepas javanicensis

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Acrosorium ciliolatum

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Haloplegma preissii

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Sonderophycus capensis

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Botryocladia sonderi

Green Australian Map shape with the word Endemic over it

Red Mouthed Dove-Shell

Pseudamycla miltostoma

A brownish crab being held in a hand looking at the carapace

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Guinusia chabrus

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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

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

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