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

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

Green Australian Map shape with the word Endemic over it

Scaly Star Shell

Bellastraea squamifera

Yellow coloured fish between two rocks

Green Australian Map shape with the word Endemic over it

Parma victoriae

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Schayer's brittle star

Ophionereis schayeri

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Galeorhinus galeus

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Euidotea bakeri

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Euidotea peronii

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Amphibolis antarctica

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Echinocardium cordatum

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Caulerpa brownii

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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

Hermit crab in a shell underwater

A small hermit crab species this guy is under 10mm in size

Thin white bivalve shells laying on sand

Limaria imitans

Limaria imitans a marine bivalve species washed up along Tomahawk Beach