Species Guide — Family

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Chitonidae

Every species recorded at or below this family.
Animalia › Mollusca › Polyplacophora › Neoloricata › Chitonida › Chitonina

2 species documented

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Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Snakeskin Chiton

Sypharochiton pelliserpentis

A yellowish chiton on a rock underwater

Green Australian Map shape with the word Endemic over it

Three-ribbed chiton

Rhyssoplax tricostalis

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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 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

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