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

Aracana aurita

Green Australian Map shape with the word Endemic over it

Sigapatella calyptraeformis

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Shining Venus Shell

Eumarcia fumigata

Green Australian Map shape with the word Endemic over it

Short Top Shell

Austrocochlea brevis

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Short-finned eel

Anguilla australis

Green Australian Map shape with the word Endemic over it

Short-spine Urchin

Holopneustes purpurascens

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Short-spined Urchin

Amblypneustes elevatus elevatus

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Short-tailed Ceratosoma

Ceratosoma brevicaudatum

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Scorpis lineolata

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Silver Trevally

Pseudocaranx georgianus

Green Australian Map shape with the word Endemic over it

Parequula melbournensis

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Simple Volcano Barnacle

Epopella simplex

A number of whiteish barnacles on a rock

Green Australian Map shape with the word Endemic over it

Six-plated Barnacle

Chthamalus antennatus

Green Australian Map shape with the word Endemic over it

Sixspine Leatherjacket

Meuschenia freycineti

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Slender Cuttlefish

Green Australian Map shape with the word Endemic over it

Maoricrypta immersa

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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

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Thin white bivalve shells laying on sand

Limaria imitans

Limaria imitans a marine bivalve species washed up along Tomahawk Beach

Hermit crab in a shell underwater

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