Species Guide — Marine Life — Sponges & Seaweeds

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Subcategory: Sponges & Seaweeds
Sponges & Seaweeds

Sponges & Seaweeds

44 species documented

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Green Australian Map shape with the word Endemic over it

Posidonia australis

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Ecklonia radiata

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Caulerpa papillosa

Green seaweed pictured amoungst other seaweed on a reef

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Green Seaweed Sp.

Caulerpa simpliciuscula

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Ulva intestinalis

A group seaweeds in a small rockpool

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Hairy Sand Weed

Cladostephus spongiosus

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Liverwort Seaweed

Dictyosphaeria sericea

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Mueller's Fern Caulerpa

Caulerpa muelleri

A flattened forked brown algae underwater

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Mueller’s Forkweed

Dictyopteris muelleri

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Neptune's Necklace

Hormosira banksii

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Oak-leaved Red algae

Thuretia quercifolia

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Colpomenia sinuosa

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Halophila australis

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Haloplegma preissii

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Acrosorium ciliolatum

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Sonderophycus capensis

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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

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