Species Guide — Marine Life

Marine
Life

The species that can be found in our waterways and the sea

Marine Life

423 species documented

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Green Australian Map shape with the word Endemic over it

Strange's File Shell

Limatula strangei

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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

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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

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

A white gastropod shell on a rock

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Image of Tasmania map with the words No Conservation Status

The Ivory Triton

Cymatiella eburnea

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Thin white bivalve shells laying on sand

Limaria imitans

Limaria imitans a marine bivalve species washed up along Tomahawk Beach

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

Hermit crab in a shell underwater

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