Species Guide — Class

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Malacostraca

Every species recorded at or below this class.
Animalia › Arthropoda › Crustacea › Multicrustacea

40 species documented

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Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Ceradocus (Denticeradocus) dooliba

Green Australian Map shape with the word Endemic over it

Australian Marine Slater

Ligia australiensis

A reddish and white shrimp on a sponge underwater

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Image of Tasmania map with the words No Conservation Status

Alope orientalis

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Actaecia thomsoni

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Beaded Hairy Crab

Pilumnus monilifera

Green Australian Map shape with the word Endemic over it

Burrowing Shore Crab

Leptograpsodes octodentatus

Red Australian Map shape with the word introduced over it

Common Rough Woodlouse

Porcellio scaber

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Common Sand Crab

Ovalipes australiensis

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Common Shore Crab

Paragrapsus gaimardii

A green crab on rocks

Red Australian Map shape with the word introduced over it

Image of Tasmania map with the words No Conservation Status

European Green Crab

Carcinus maenas

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Fringed Sponge Crab

Lamarckdromia globosa

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Golden Decorator Crab

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Hairy Seaweed Crab

Notomithrax ursus

A hairy crab on a rock with barnacles around it

Green Australian Map shape with the word Endemic over it

Image of Tasmania map with the words No Conservation Status

Hairy Stone Crab

Green Australian Map shape with the word Endemic over it

Haswell's Shore Crab

Helograpsus haswellianus

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Little Shore Crab

Parvonotus spinosus

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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 small brown and white crab underwater

Three-Pronged Spider Crab Halicarcinus ovatus

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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