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

Chapman's Limpet

Scutellastra chapmani

A dark striped gastropod on a rock with a couple of barnacles

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Image of Tasmania map with the words No Conservation Status

Checked Australwink

Afrolittorina praetermissa

Green Australian Map shape with the word Endemic over it

Checkered Periwinkle

Chlorodiloma odontis

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Colonial Ascidian

Botrylloides perspicuus

Green Australian Map shape with the word Endemic over it

Commercial Scallop

Pecten fumatus

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Common Butterfly Shell

Electroma papilionacea

Green Australian Map shape with the word Endemic over it

Common Conniwink

Bembicium melanostomum

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Common Coralline

Corallina officinalis

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Delphinus delphis

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Common Galaxias

Galaxias maculatus

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Common Gurnard Perch

Neosebastes scorpaenoides

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Common Mud Creeper

Zeacumantus diemenensis

Green Australian Map shape with the word Endemic over it

Common Pheasant Shell

Phasianella ventricosa

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Common Sand Crab

Ovalipes australiensis

Green Australian Map shape with the word Endemic over it

Common Sea Dragon

Phyllopteryx taeniolatus

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Common Shore Crab

Paragrapsus gaimardii

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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

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

Hermit crab in a shell underwater

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