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

Southern Sponge Finger

Vulsella ovata

Green Australian Map shape with the word Endemic over it

Southern Wentletrap

Opalia australis

Green Australian Map shape with the word Endemic over it

Speckled Periwinkle

Diloma concameratum

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Speckled Top Shell

Herpetopoma aspersum

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Spengler's Triton

Cabestana spengleri

Green Australian Map shape with the word Endemic over it

Strange's File Shell

Limatula strangei

Green Australian Map shape with the word Endemic over it

Strange's Watering-Pot Shell

Humphreyia strangei

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Strawberry Sea Cucumber

Chiridota gigas

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Striate Bittersweet Clam

Glycymeris striatularis

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Striate Leathery Chiton

Cryptoplax striata

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Striped-mouth Conniwink

Bembicium nanum

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Catomerus polymerus

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Swift-footed Shore Crab

Leptograpsus variegatus

Green Australian Map shape with the word Endemic over it

Tall-Ribbed Limpet

Patelloida alticostata

Green Australian Map shape with the word Endemic over it

Tasmanian Blenny

Parablennius tasmanianus

Orange shell of Nassarius nigellus amongst dead seaweed on the beach

Green Australian Map shape with the word Endemic over it

Tasmanian Dog Whelk

Nassarius nigellus

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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

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

Thin white bivalve shells laying on sand

Limaria imitans

Limaria imitans a marine bivalve species washed up along Tomahawk Beach