Species Guide — Subclass

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Keratosa

Every species recorded at or below this subclass.
Animalia › Porifera › Demospongiae

3 species documented

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spikey pink encrusting sea sponge washed up on the sand

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Encrusting Sponge

Dendrilla cactos

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

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

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Hermit crab in a shell underwater

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

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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