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 Native over it

Botryocladia sonderi

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Red Sausage Weed

Chrysymenia brownii

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Metagoniolithon radiatum

A pink sponge on a rock underwater

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Image of Tasmania map with the words No Conservation Status

Dendrilla rosea

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Scalpel Green Seaweed

Caulerpa scalpelliformis

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Amphibolis antarctica

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Caulerpa brownii

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Sea Tulip Encrusting Sponge

Halisarca australiensis

A marine algae in a rockpool

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Sporochnus species

Sporochnus comosus

A purple sponge on a rock underwater

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Image of Tasmania map with the words No Conservation Status

Chelonaplysilla violacea

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Warty Twig Seaweed

Scaberia agardhii

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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

Hermit crab in a shell underwater

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

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