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 Endemic over it

Southern Periwinkle

Austrocochlea constricta

Green Australian Map shape with the word Endemic over it

Southern Pygmy Perch

Nannoperca australis

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Southern Red Scorpionfish

Scorpaena papillosa

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Southern Rock Lobster

Jasus edwardsii

Green Australian Map shape with the word Endemic over it

Southern Sand Flathead

Platycephalus bassensis

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Southern Sand Octopus

Octopus kaurna

Green Australian Map shape with the word Endemic over it

Southern Sawshark

Pristiophorus nudipinnis

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Southern School Whiting

Sillago bassensis

A brownish coloured crab on a rock

Green Australian Map shape with the word Endemic over it

Southern Sentinel Crab

Tasmanoplax latifrons

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Southern Six-armed Star

Meridiastra medius

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

A marine algae in a rockpool

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Sporochnus species

Sporochnus comosus

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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

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 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