Species Guide — Family

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Asterinidae

Every species recorded at or below this family.
Animalia › Echinodermata › Asteroidea › Valvatida

6 species documented

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Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Dark-tipped Button Star

Meridiastra atyphoida

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Dwarf Cushion Star

Parvulastra exigua

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

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Gunn's Six-armed Star

Meridiastra gunnii

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Southern Six-armed Star

Meridiastra medius

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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 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

Thin white bivalve shells laying on sand

Limaria imitans

Limaria imitans a marine bivalve species washed up along Tomahawk Beach