Species Guide — Phylum

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Porifera

Every species recorded at or below this phylum.
Animalia

2 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

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Sea Tulip Encrusting Sponge

Halisarca australiensis

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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

Hermit crab in a shell underwater

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

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