Species Guide — Family

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Ischnochitonidae

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

8 species documented

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Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Contracted Chiton

Ischnochiton contractus

Green Australian Map shape with the word Endemic over it

Corroded Ischnochiton

Ischnochiton cariosus

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Elongate Chiton

Ischnochiton elongatus

Green Australian Map shape with the word Endemic over it

Ischnochiton smaragdinus

A Chiton on a rock underwater

Green Australian Map shape with the word Endemic over it

Pigmented chiton

Ischnochiton lentiginosus

A reddish brown chiton with four white bands on a rock underwater

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Green Australian Map shape with the word Endemic over it

Southern Chiton

Ischnochiton australis

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Ischnochiton torri

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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

Thin white bivalve shells laying on sand

Limaria imitans

Limaria imitans a marine bivalve species washed up along Tomahawk Beach

A small brown and white crab underwater

Three-Pronged Spider Crab Halicarcinus ovatus

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