Species Guide — Marine Life

Marine
Life

The species that can be found in our waterways and the sea

Marine Life

409 species documented

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Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Cheilodactylus spectabilis

Green Australian Map shape with the word Endemic over it

Banded Stingaree

Urolophus cruciatus

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Tawera lagopus

Green Australian Map shape with the word Endemic over it

Caesioperca rasor

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Thyrsites atun

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Bastard Trumpeter

Latridopsis forsteri

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Beaded Hairy Crab

Pilumnus monilifera

Two whiteish barnacles on a dark coloured rock

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Beaked Barnacle

Austrominius modestus

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Brachidontes erosus

Green Australian Map shape with the word Endemic over it

Beraud’s Turrid

Austrodrillia beraudiana

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Bigbelly Seahorse

Hippocampus abdominalis

Green Australian Map shape with the word Endemic over it

Acanthopagrus butcheri

Green Australian Map shape with the word Endemic over it

Black Keyhole Limpet

Amblychilepas nigrita

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Black-lipped Abalone

Haliotis rubra

Mussles clustered together on a rock

Red Australian Map shape with the word introduced over it

Mytilus galloprovincialis

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Blue-green Algae

Rivularia firma

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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

A small brown and white crab underwater

Three-Pronged Spider Crab Halicarcinus ovatus

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Hermit crab in a shell underwater

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