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

Marine Pill Bug

Zuzara venosa

Green Australian Map shape with the word Endemic over it

Mottled Shore Crab

Paragrapsus laevis

A group of greenish-blue crabs on sand

Red Australian Map shape with the word introduced over it

New Zealand Half Crab

Petrolisthes elongatus

A small brownish grey cover with dark spots closeup

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Image of Tasmania map with the words No Conservation Status

Notched Shore Crab

Paragrapsus quadridentatus

A small greenish hermit crab in a shell underwater

Red Australian Map shape with the word introduced over it

Image of Tasmania map with the words No Conservation Status

Pagurid Hermit Crab Sp.

Pagurus traversi

Red Australian Map shape with the word introduced over it

Metacarcinus novaezelandiae

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Purple-mottled Shore Crab

Cyclograpsus granulosus

A brownish crab being held in a hand looking at the carapace

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Guinusia chabrus

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Richardson's Snapping Shrimp

Alpheus richardsoni

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Rock-Pool Shrimp

Palaemon serenus

Crab underwater

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Image of Tasmania map with the words No Conservation Status

Rough Rock Crab

Nectocarcinus integrifrons

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Euidotea peronii

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Euidotea bakeri

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

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A small brown and white crab underwater

Three-Pronged Spider Crab Halicarcinus ovatus

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Thin white bivalve shells laying on sand

Limaria imitans

Limaria imitans a marine bivalve species washed up along Tomahawk Beach

Hermit crab in a shell underwater

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

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