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

Fern Buccinum Whelk

Cominella filicea

Green Australian Map shape with the word Endemic over it

Posidonia australis

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Solen vaginoides

Ophiothrix caespitosa starfish on a rock underwater

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Five-armed Brittle Star

Ophiothrix (Ophiothrix) caespitosa

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Notoacmea flammea

Green Australian Map shape with the word Endemic over it

Flamed Top Shell

Clanculus flagellatus

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Fly-Like Margin Shell

Austroginella muscaria

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Fragile Air Breather

Salinator fragilis

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Frilled Venus Shell

Bassina disjecta

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Fringed Sponge Crab

Lamarckdromia globosa

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Giant Australian Cuttlefish

Ascarosepion apama

Green Australian Map shape with the word Endemic over it

Plaxiphora albida

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Giant Sea Tulip

Pyura spinifera

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Nesogobius maccullochi

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Diodon nicthemerus

Green Australian Map shape with the word Endemic over it

Gold-mouthed Conniwink

Bembicium auratum

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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

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

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