Species Guide — Infraorder

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Brachyura

Every species recorded at or below this infraorder.
Animalia › Arthropoda › Crustacea › Multicrustacea › Malacostraca › Eumalacostraca › Eucarida › Decapoda › Pleocyemata

24 species documented

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Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Heloecius cordiformis

A hairy crab underwater

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Small Decorator Crab

Notomithrax minor

Green Australian Map shape with the word Endemic over it

Smooth Shore Crab

Cyclograpsus audouinii

A red and blue Soldier Crab standing on sand next to a hole it dug out of

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Mictyris platycheles

A brownish coloured crab on a rock

Green Australian Map shape with the word Endemic over it

Southern Sentinel Crab

Tasmanoplax latifrons

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Swift-footed Shore Crab

Leptograpsus variegatus

A brownish crab on a rock

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Image of Tasmania map with the words No Conservation Status

Three-Pronged Flat Spider Crab

Halicarcinus ovatus

A red crab on rock covered with short seaweed

Green Australian Map shape with the word Endemic over it

Image of Tasmania map with the words No Conservation Status

Nectocarcinus tuberculosus

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A small brown and white crab underwater

Three-Pronged Spider Crab Halicarcinus ovatus

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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