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

River Blackfish

Gadopsis marmoratus

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Aplodactylus lophodon

Green Australian Map shape with the word Endemic over it

Platycephalus laevigatus

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Genypterus tigerinus

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Rock-Pool Shrimp

Palaemon serenus

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Rosette Barnacle

Tetraclitella purpurascens

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Rough Leatherjacket

Scobinichthys granulatus

Crab underwater

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Image of Tasmania map with the words No Conservation Status

Rough Rock Crab

Nectocarcinus integrifrons

Green Australian Map shape with the word Endemic over it

Round Wedge Shell

Atactodea cuneata

A reddish brown chiton with four white bands on a rock underwater

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Green Australian Map shape with the word Endemic over it

Saint Aloysius' Top-shell

Clanculus aloysii

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Katelysia scalarina

A brownish coloured scaleworm on a rock

Green Australian Map shape with the word Endemic over it

Thormora argus

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Scalpel Green Seaweed

Caulerpa scalpelliformis

Green Australian Map shape with the word Endemic over it

Scaly Ark Shell

Acar squamosa

A flattened oval shaped shell on sand

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Scutellastra peronii

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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

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