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

Green Australian Map shape with the word Endemic over it

Double-Rayed Sunset Clam

Hiatula biradiata

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Doughboy Scallop

Mimachlamys asperrima

Green Australian Map shape with the word Endemic over it

Bovichtus angustifrons

Green Australian Map shape with the word Endemic over it

Draughtboard Shark

Cephaloscyllium laticeps

Green Australian Map shape with the word Endemic over it

Dreaming Turrid

Guraleus alucinans

Green Australian Map shape with the word Endemic over it

Dunker’s top-shell

Clanculus dunkeri

Green Australian Map shape with the word Endemic over it

Platycephalus fuscus

A silvery fish with golden spots underwater

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Dactylophora nigricans

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Dwarf Cushion Star

Parvulastra exigua

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Dwarf Grass-Wrack

Zostera muelleri

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Eastern Australian Salmon

Arripis trutta

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Eastern Black Nerita

Nerita melanotragus

Green Australian Map shape with the word Endemic over it

Eastern Shovelnose Stingaree

Trygonoptera imitata

Green Australian Map shape with the word Endemic over it

Eastern Six-armed Star

Meridiastra oriens

Seastars in an intertidal rock pool

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Image of Tasmania map with the words No Conservation Status

Eight-armed Cushion Star

Meridiastra calcar

Scutus antipodes with black body and white shell on a rock

Green Australian Map shape with the word Endemic over it

Scutus antipodes

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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

Thin white bivalve shells laying on sand

Limaria imitans

Limaria imitans a marine bivalve species washed up along Tomahawk Beach

Hermit crab in a shell underwater

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