Scientific Names

Species: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Scientific Name (Linked to Species Profile)	Hawaiian Name	Common Name	Park Status	Abundance	Residency	Nativity	Photo
Halocaridina rubra	'opae ula	red pond shrimp	Present	Common	Breeder	Native
Heterocentrotus mammillatus	hauke uke, ula ula	red pencil urchin	Present in park	Common	Breeder	Native
Holothuria atra	loli okuhi kuhi	black sea cucumber	Present in park	Common	Breeder	Native
Holothuria pervicax	loli koko	impatient sea cucumber	Present in park	Rare	Breeder	Native
Isognomom californicum	nahawele	black purse shell	Present in park	Common	Breeder	Native
Isognomom incisum			Present in park	Occasional	Breeder	Native
Isognomom perna	nahawele	brown purse shell	Present in park	Common	Breeder	Native
Janua knightjonesi		spiral tubeworm	Present in park	Uncommon	Breeder	Native
Lanice conchilega	kauna'oa	spaghetti worm	Present in park	Rare	Breeder	Native
Leptastrea bottae			Present in park	Rare	Breeder	Native
Leptastrea purpurea			Present in park	Uncommon	Breeder	Native
Leptodius sanguineus			Present in park	uncommon	Breeder	Native
Ligia sp.			Present in park	Uncommon	Breeder	Native
Linckia		starfish	Present in park	Uncommon	Breeder	Native
Linckia diplax		starfish	Present in park	Uncommon	Breeder	Native
Linckia multiflora		spotted linckia	Present in park	Uncommon	Breeder	Native
Littoraria pinado		dotted periwinkle	Present in park	Common	Breeder	Native
Macrobrachium grandimanus		Hawaiian river shrimp	Present in park	Uncommon	Breeder	Native
Macrobrachium lar		monkey river shrimp	Present in park	Uncommon	Breeder	Non-Native
Melanoides sp.		melania shell	Present in park	Occasional	Breeder	Native
Metabetaeus lohena		small red alpheid shrimp	Present	Common	Breeder	Native
Metograpsus thukuhar	kukuau		Present in park	Uncommon	Breeder	Native
Montipora patula/verrilli			Present	Uncommon	Breeder	Native
Montipora studeri			Present	Uncommon	Breeder	Native
Montipora verrucosa		rice coral	Present	Uncommon	Breeder	Native
Morula granulata	maka'awa	granular drupe	Present in park	Occasional	Breeder	Native
Nassa serta			Present in park	Rare	Breeder	Native
Nerita picea	pipipi	black nerite	Present in park	Abundant	Breeder	Native
Neothais harpa			Present in park	Rare	Breeder	Native
Octopus sp.	he'e mauli	octopus	Present in park	Uncommon	Breeder	Native
Ophiocoma erinaceus		spiny brittle star	Present in park	Uncommon	Breeder	Native
Ophiocoma pica		pied brittle star	Present in park	Uncommon	Breeder	Native
Ostromouvia horii		hydroid		No data	No data	Native
Palaemon debilis	'opae huna	feeble shrimp	Present in park	Uncommon	Breeder	Native
Palaemonella burnsi		glass shrimp	Present in park	Uncommon	Breeder	Native
Palythoa tuberculosa	limu-make-o-Hana	blue-gray zoanthuid	Present in park	Common	Breeder	Native
Panulirus penicillatus	ula	tufted spiny lobster	Present in park	Uncommon	Breeder	Native
Pavona sp		coral	Present	Uncommon	Breeder	Native
Peasiella tantilla			Present in park	Common	Breeder	Native
Phyllidia varicosa		varicose phyllidia	Present in park	Uncommon	Breeder	Native
Planaxis labiosa			Present in park	Rare	Breeder	Native
Platypodia eydouxii		red-eyed xanthid crab	Present in park	uncommon	Breeder	Native
Pocillopora damicornis		lace coral	Present in park	Uncommon	Breeder	Native
Pocillopora eydouxi		antler coral	Present in park	Rare	Breeder	Native
Pocillopora meandrina		cauliflower coral	Present in park	Common	Breeder	Native
Polydectus messor		xanthid crab	Present in park	uncommon	Breeder	Native
Porites compressa	pohaku puna	finger coral	Present in park	Common	Breeder	Native
Porites lobata	pohaku puna	lobe coral	Present in park	Common	Breeder	Native
Prodotia ignea			Present in park	rare	Breeder	Native
Prodotia iostomus			Present in park	rare	Breeder	Native
Purpura aperta			Present in park	Uncommon	Breeder	Native
Scarcothelia edmondsi			Present in park	Rare	Breeder	Native
Serpulorbis sp.	kauna'ea	variable worm snail	Present in park	Abundant	Breeder	Native
Spiophanes bombyx			Present in park	Uncommon	Breeder	Native
Stichopus		Hawaiian spiky sea cucumber	Present in park	Rare	Breeder	Native
Stenopus hispidus	'opae kai	banded coral shrimp	Present in park	Uncommon	Breeder	Native
Strombus maculatus	pupa mamaiki	spotted stromb	Present in park	Uncommon	Breeder	Native
Tellina rugosa			Present in park	Uncommon	Breeder	Native
Teredo parksi		wood borer	Present in park	Uncommon	Breeder	Native
Theodoxus cariosa			Present in park	Uncommon	Breeder	Native
Theodoxus neglectus			Present in park	Occasional	Breeder	Native
Tripneustes gratilla	hawa'e maoli	collector urchin	Present in park	Common	Breeder	Native
Trochus intextus	ha'upu	Hawaiian top	Present in park	Common	Breeder	Native
Zoanthus		zoanthus	Present in park	Common	Breeder	Native

Species: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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