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 Native over it

Zonaria spiralis

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Brown Seaweed Sp.

Cystophora monilifera

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Brown Seaweed Sp.

Cystophora moniliformis

Red Australian Map shape with the word introduced over it

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Brown Zig-zag Seaweed

Cystophora torulosa

An encrusting Bryozoan on the stem of a sea greass underwater

Green Australian Map shape with the word Endemic over it

Diploporella alata

A bryozoan colony washed up on the beach

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Image of Tasmania map with the words No Conservation Status

Retiflustra reticulum

Dark green buble like algae on a rock underwater

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Bubble Caulerpa

Caulerpa geminata

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Burchard's Dog Whelk

Tritia burchardi

Green Australian Map shape with the word Endemic over it

Burrowing Shore Crab

Leptograpsodes octodentatus

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Cactus Caulerpa

Caulerpa cactoides

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Cap-Shaped False Limpet

Montfortula rugosa

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Captured Worm-Shell

Petaloconchus caperatus

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Carpet Flatworm

Thysanozoon brocchii

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Dicathais orbita

Green Australian Map shape with the word Endemic over it

Castelnau's Wrasse

Dotalabrus aurantiacus

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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

Thin white bivalve shells laying on sand

Limaria imitans

Limaria imitans a marine bivalve species washed up along Tomahawk Beach