Common Names List - Marine Invertebrates of National Park of American Samoa

Common Names of Marine Invertebrates- Click name for more information

Common Name	Scientific Name
A
anemone crab	Dardanus pedunctulatus
Arabian cowry	Cypraea arabica
armored dye shell	Thais armigera
arrowhead crab	Huenia heraldica
auger	Terebra babylonia
B
banded coral shrimp	Stenopus hispidus
banded urchin	Echinothrix calamaris
beaded sea anemone	Heteractis aurora
black dendrodorid	Dendrodoris nigra
black sea cucumber	Holothuria atra
blue black urchin	Echinothrix diadema
brittlestar ( ophiuroid)	Ophionereis sp.
brownbar snapping shrimp	Alpheus lobidens
bumblebee shrimp	Gnathophyllum americanum
C
chiton (chitonid)	Chiton sp.
chiton (cryptoplac)	Cryptoplax larvaeformis
Christmas tree worm	Spirobranchus giganteus
collector urchin (temnopleur)	Pseudoboletia maculata
collector urchin (toxopneust)	Tripneustes gratilla
common box crab	Calappa hepatica
common comet star	Linckia guildingii
common sea hare	Dolabrifera dolabrifera
conch	Pleuroploca filamentosa
cone shell hermit crab	Ciliopagurus strigatus
cone top shell	Tectus conus
conspicuous sea cucumber	Synapta maculata
coral snapping shrimp	Alpheus sublucanus
cowry	Cypraea asellus
crown-of-thorns starfish	Acanthaster planci
Cuba frogsnail	Bursa granularis
cushion star	Culcita novaeguineae
cylindrical star	Dactylosaster cylindricus
cymbal bubble shell	Haminoea cymbalum
D
daisy snapping shrimp	Alpheus gracilipes
day octopus	Octopus cyanea
decorated nudibranch	Chromodoris decora
decorator crab	Camposcia retusa
didemnid	Didemnum sp.
doris nudibranch	Chromodoris sp.
E
eared sea hare	Dolabella auricularia
elbow crab	Aethra scruposa
elbow crab	Daldorfia horrida
elysia slug	Thuridilla sp.
eroded cowry	Cypraea erosa
eyed auger	Terebra guttata
eyed cowry	Cypraea argus
F
featherduster worm	Sabellastrate indica
feather hydroid	Pennaria disicha
featherstar	Comanthus sp.
featherstar	Comaster multifidus
featherstar	Crinoidea
featherstar	Dorometra nana
finger drupe	Drupa grossularia
flat rock crab	Percnon plannissimum
flatworm	Aquaplana sp.
flatworm	Bulaceros porcelanous
flatworm	Pseudobiceros sp.
flatworm	Pseudoceros sp.
flea cone	Conus pulicarius
fluted giant clam	Tridacna squamosa
fragile dendrodorid	Dendrodoris fragilis
fragile fire shell	Lima fragilis
Fromia sea star	Fromia monilis
G
garland nassa	Nassa serta
giant mantis shrimp	Lysiosquilla maculata
glass slug	Cyerce elegans
H
harp shell	Harpa amouretta
hinge-beak shrimp	Rhynchocinetes sp.
horned ghost crab	Ocypode ceratophthalmia
horrid elbow crab	Daldorfia horrida
humpback cowry	Cypraea mauritiana
hump-backed shrimp	Saron sp.
hydroid	Lytocarpus phillippinus
I
Isabella's cowry	Cypraea isabella
K
keeled heart urchin	Brissus latecarinatus
Keferstein's sea cucumber	Polyplectana kefersteini
knobby spindle	Latirus nodatus
knobby-top cone	Conus distans
koua river prawn	Macrobrachium australe
L
ladder tunicate	Botryllus sp.
leopard cone	Conus leopardus
leopard sea cucumber	Bohadschia argus
lightfoot crab	Grapsus tenuicrustatus
light-spotted sea cucumber	Holothuria hilla
linckia	Linckia sp.
liomera	Liomera sp.
lion's paw sea cucumber	Euapta godeffroyi
long-spined urchin	Diadema savignyi
lynx cowry	Cypraea lynx
M
mammy fish	Actinopyga nobilis
mantis shrimp	Gonodactylaceus sp.
marlinspike auger	Terebra maculata
medusa shaghetti worm	Loimia medusa
melampus	Tralia costata
monkey river shrimp	Macrobrachium lar
mountain river prawn	Macrobrachium latimanus
mulberry drupe	Drupa morum
murex	Chicoreus brunneus
mycale sponge	Mycale grandis
N
needle spine urchin	Echinostrephus aciculatus
niso shell	Niso sp.
nudibranch	Chromodoris sp.
nudibranch	Flabinella sp.
nudibranch	Glossodoris atromarginata
nudibranch	Hallaxa atrotuberculata
nudibranch	Jorunna funebris
nudibranch	Orodoris miamirina
nudibranch	Risbecia tryoni
O
oblong urchin	Echinometra oblonga
octopus	Octopus sp.
orange-banded snapping shrimp	Alpheus paracritinus
orange gumdrop	Berthellina citrina
orange-red didemnid	Didemnum sp.
ornate sap-sucking slug	Elysia ornata
oval squid	Sepioteuthis lessoniana
oyster	Pinctada sp.
P
painted spiny lobster	Panulirus versicolor
palolo	Palola siciliensis
peanut worm	Phascolosoma nigrescens
pearly top shell	Trochus sp.
pebble crab	Etisus dentatus
Pele's murex	Homalocantha anatomica
petroglyph shrimp	Alpheus deuterops
Philippean mantis shrimp	Gonodactylaceus mututus
phyllidia (nudibranch)	Phyllidia sp.
pied brittle star	Ophiocoma pica
platydoris (nudibranch)	Platydoris cruenta
pom-pom crab	Lybia tessellata
porites coral nudibranch	Phestilla lugubris
porous cowry	Cypraea poraria
Portuguese man-of-war	Physalia physalis
pottery vase	Vasum ceramicum
prickly horn	Cerithium echinatum
pronghorn spiny lobster	Panulirus penicillatus
pugnose caridina	Caridina weberi
purple-spotted nudibranch	Chromodoris aspersa
pustule nudibranch	Phyllidiella pustulosa
R
rat cone	Conus rattus
red pencil urchin	Heterocentrotus mammilatus
red-rim melania	Melanoides tuberculatus
reticulated brittle star	Ophiocoma brevipes
ribbon worm	Baseodiscus hemprichii
ribbon worm	Lineus sp.
ringed cowry	Cypraea annulus
ringed sap-sucking slug	Plakobranchus ocellata
rock barnacle	Chthamalus proteus
rock-boring urchin	Echinometra mathaei
rusty guard crab	Trapezia ferruginea
S
sap-sucking slug	Elysia sp.
scaleworm	Gastrolepida clavigera
scaleworm	Lepidonotus cf. cristatus
scaleworm	Paralepidonotus indicus
scallop	Pectin coruscans
sculptered slipper lobster	Parribacus antarticus
sea cucumber	Polycheira rufescens
sea cucumber	Stichopus horrens
sea cucumber crab	Lissocarcinus orbicularis
sea fan	Gorgonia sp.
sea frost	Salmacina dysteri
sea squirts	Ascidia sp
sea star shrimp	Periclimenes soror
seven-eleven crab	Carpilius maculatus
sheriff badge star	Asterina carinifera
sisi	Ostodes strigatus
slender cone	Conus nussatella
small giant clam	Tridacna maxima
smooth box crab	Calappa calappa
snakehead cowry	Cypraea caputserpentis
snapping shrimp	Alpheus crassimanus
snapping shrimp	Alpheopsis aequalis
snapping shrimp	Metalpheus paragracilis
snowflake snapping shrimp	Alpheus strenuus
soft corals	Dendronephthya sp.
soldier brush shrimp	Atya spinipes
soldier cone	Conus miles
Spanish dancer	Hexibranchus sanguineus
spiky sea cucumber	Stichopus chloronotus
spiny brittle star	Ophiocoma erinaceus
sponge	Craniella abracadabra
sponge	Euryspongia delicata
sponge	Leucetta sp.
sponge	Plakina cf. trilopha
sponge	Scopalina cf. ruetzleri
sponge	Stelletta durissima
sponge crab	Cryptodromia sp.
spotted drupe	Drupa ricina
spotted linckia	Linckia multifora
striated cone	Conus striatus
stubborn sea cucumber	Holothuria pervicax
swallow cowry	Cypraea sp.
T
tapestry shell	Turbo petholatus
teated sea cucumber	Holothuria whitmaei
ten-lined urchin	Eucidaris metularia
tiger cowry	Cypraea tigris
tongue worm	Archibonellia sp.
turbin shell	Astraea rhodostoma
turbin shell	Turbo sp.
truncatella	Truncatella sp.
V
variable wormsnail	Serpulorbis variabilis
varicose phyllidia	Phyllidia varicosa
velvet sea slug	Chelidonura varians
velvet star	Leiaster speciosus
venus clam	Periglypta reticulata
W
warty sea cucumber	Stichopus horrens
wentle trap	Epitonium ulu
wharf roach	Ligia exotica
whelk	Pisania ignea
white and brown dendrodorid	Dendrodoris albobrunnea
white sea cucumber	Labidodemas pertinax
white-speckled sea hare	Aplysia dactylomela
white-spotted hermit crab	Dardanus megistos
white-spotted sea cucumber	Actinopyga mauritiana
X
xanthid crab	Etisus sp.

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