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

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

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Eleven-armed Sea Star

Coscinasterias muricata

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Elongate Chiton

Ischnochiton elongatus

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Elongate Wedge Shell

Paphies angusta

Green Australian Map shape with the word Endemic over it

Ischnochiton smaragdinus

A colourfully encrusted abalone shell on a rocky reef

Green Australian Map shape with the word Endemic over it

Emma's Ear Shell

Haliotis scalaris emmae

spikey pink encrusting sea sponge washed up on the sand

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Encrusting Sponge

Dendrilla cactos

Green Australian Map shape with the word Endemic over it

Eryx Wedge Shell

Atactodea erycinaea

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Estuarine Mud Creeper

Zeacumantus plumbeus

A green crab on rocks

Red Australian Map shape with the word introduced over it

Image of Tasmania map with the words No Conservation Status

European Green Crab

Carcinus maenas

Green Australian Map shape with the word Endemic over it

Excavated False Cockle

Cardita aviculina

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

False Ear Shell

Stomatella impertusa

Green Australian Map shape with the word Endemic over it

Fan-Like Dog Cockle

Tucetona flabellata

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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

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