Species Guide — Marine Life

Marine
Life

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

Marine Life

409 species documented

Filter All Fish Crabs & Allies Sponges & Seaweeds Sharks & Rays Whales & Dolphins Octopus & Squid Sea Stars Jelly fish Shellfish Other

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Commercial Scallop

Pecten fumatus

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Common Butterfly Shell

Electroma papilionacea

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Common Conniwink

Bembicium melanostomum

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Common Coralline

Corallina officinalis

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Delphinus delphis

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Common Galaxias

Galaxias maculatus

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Common Gurnard Perch

Neosebastes scorpaenoides

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Common Mud Creeper

Zeacumantus diemenensis

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Common Pheasant Shell

Phasianella ventricosa

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Common Sand Crab

Ovalipes australiensis

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Common Sea Dragon

Phyllopteryx taeniolatus

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Common Shore Crab

Paragrapsus gaimardii

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Common Shore Eel

Alabes dorsalis

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Common Weedfish

Heteroclinus perspicillatus

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Common Worm Shell

Thylacodes sipho

A brownish marine gastropod on a reef underwater

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Compton’s cowrie

Notocypraea comptonii

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A small brown and white crab underwater

Three-Pronged Spider Crab Halicarcinus ovatus

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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

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