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

Common Shore Eel

Alabes dorsalis

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Common Weedfish

Heteroclinus perspicillatus

Green Australian Map shape with the word Endemic over it

Common Worm Shell

Thylacodes sipho

A brownish marine gastropod on a reef underwater

Green Australian Map shape with the word Endemic over it

Compton’s cowrie

Notocypraea comptonii

Green Australian Map shape with the word Endemic over it

Pseudaphritis urvillii

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Conical Moon Snail

Conuber conicum

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Conical Top Shell

Thalotia conica

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Contracted Chiton

Ischnochiton contractus

Green Australian Map shape with the word Endemic over it

Corroded Ischnochiton

Ischnochiton cariosus

Green Australian Map shape with the word Endemic over it

Corroding Limpet

Notoacmea corrodenda

A greenish-brown marine algae flowing across the sand bottom underwater

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Phyllospora comosa

Green Australian Map shape with the word Endemic over it

Dark Brown Mitre

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Dark-marked Scaleworm

Lepidonotus melanogrammus

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Dark-tipped Button Star

Meridiastra atyphoida

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Dead Man's Fingers

Codium fragile

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Deadman's Fingers

Splachnidium rugosum

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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 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

This one is about 8mm in size <br><br> #tasmania #tasmaniaparks #marinebiology #discovertasmania #visitnorthtas #instatasmania #seetasmania #tomahawk #lutruwita #dorsettasmania #northeasttasmania #visitnortheasttasmania

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