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

Scorpis lineolata

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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

A white bivalve shell washed up on the sand and sea grass

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Image of Tasmania map with the words No Conservation Status

Slender Lantern-Shell

Laternula (Laternula) gracilis

Green Australian Map shape with the word Endemic over it

Maoricrypta immersa

A hairy crab underwater

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Small Decorator Crab

Notomithrax minor

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Smooth Hammerhead

Sphyrna zygaena

Green Australian Map shape with the word Endemic over it

Smooth Shore Crab

Cyclograpsus audouinii

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Smooth Stingray

Bathytoshia brevicaudata

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Smooth Toadfish

Tetractenos glaber

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Snakeskin Chiton

Sypharochiton pelliserpentis

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Chrysophrys auratus

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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

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