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SPECIES REGISTER


To use this register, choose from either of these two lists. You can either choose to find your animal using its common name, or you can follow the links using the Phylum of your animal.

Either way, you will find out information about almost all the Marine Discovery Centre animals, as well as viewing a picture!

 

Click here to find out about Tasmania's 

INTRODUCED SPECIES

 

 

OUR REFERENCES

PRIMARY STUDENTS:

Choose your animal from the list below.

Abalone

Anemone

Barnacle

Chiton

Crab

Crayfish

Eel

Elephant Snail

Fish

Flatworms

Giant Crab

Hermit Crab

Krill

Limpet

Mussel

Nudibranch

Octopus

Oyster

Scallop

Sea Anemone

Sea Cucumber

Seahorse

Sea Slugs

Sea Snail

Sea Spider

Sea Star

Sea Urchin

Shark

Skate

Sponge

Stingray

Worms

SECONDARY STUDENTS:

Do you know which Phylum your animal is in? Choose the correct Phylum below to get to your animal.

Phylum Porifera (Sponges)

Phylum Cnidaria (sea anemones, jellyfish and corals)

Phylum Platyhelminthes (flatworms)

Phylum Annelida (segmented worms)

Phylum Arthropoda (sea spiders)

Phylum Arthropoda (crustaceans)

Phylum Mollusca

Phylum Bryozoa

Phylum Echinodermata (seastars etc)

Phylum Chordata