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 Endemic over it

Tasmanian Feather Star

Cenolia tasmaniae

Green Australian Map shape with the word Endemic over it

Tasmanian Margin Shell

Austroginella tasmanica

Green Australian Map shape with the word Endemic over it

Tasmanian turrid

Guraleus tasmanicus

A smalll long transparent fish underwater

Green Australian Map shape with the word Endemic over it

Tasmanian Whitebait

Lovettia sealii

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Thin-ribbed Cockle

Fulvia tenuicostata

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Thorny Sea Urchin

Goniocidaris tubaria

An orangey marine flatworm on a rock underwater

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Three lined ribon worm

Cestoplana rubrocincta

A brownish crab on a rock

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Image of Tasmania map with the words No Conservation Status

Three-Pronged Flat Spider Crab

Halicarcinus ovatus

A yellowish chiton on a rock underwater

Green Australian Map shape with the word Endemic over it

Three-ribbed chiton

Rhyssoplax tricostalis

Pterochelus triformis shell laying on a beach washed up

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Three-shaped Murex

Pterochelus triformis

Green Australian Map shape with the word Endemic over it

Platycephalus richardsoni

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Tiny Hermit Crab

Micropagurus acantholepis

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Titan Lamellaria

Lamellaria ophione

Close up image of the shell of Barnea obturamentum

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Tongue-shaped Angel's Wing

Barnea obturamentum

Green Australian Map shape with the word Endemic over it

Toothbrush Leatherjacket

Acanthaluteres vittiger

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Ischnochiton torri

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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

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