Scientific Animal 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)	Common Name	Hawaiian Name	Abundance	Nativity	Photo
Acanthochiton viridis	green chiton	kuapa'a	occasional	Native
Acroporidae
Acteocinidae	glassy bubble shells
Acteonidae
Actiniidae	sea anemone	'okole
Actinopyga mauritiana	white-spotted sea cucumber	loli	Common	Native
Actinopyga obesa	plump sea cucumber	loli	Uncommon	Native
Aiptasia pulchella	glass anemone		Uncommon	Native
Aiptasiidae
Alcyna ocellata			Uncommon	Native
Alcyna subangulata			Uncommon	Native
Aloiloi nenue			rare	Native
Alpheidae	snapping shrimps
Alpheus deuteropus	petroglyph shrimp		Common	Native
Alpheus lobidens	brownbar snapping shrimp		rare	Native
Alpheus lottini	Lottin's snapping shrimp		rare	Native
Alpheus paracrinitus	orange-banded snapping shrimp		Uncommon	Native
Alvinia isolata			Occasional	Native
Amphilochidae
Amphilocus menehune			uncommon	Native
Ampithoe ramondi			uncommon	Native
Ampithoe waialua			rare	Native
Ampithoidae
Amphinomidae	fireworms	'aha huluhulu
Anamixidae
Anamixis moana			occasional	Native
Anatanais insularis			uncommon	Native
Anelassorhynchus porcellus			rare	Native
Anthopleura nigrescens	dusky anemone		Uncommon	Native
Anthuridae
Aoridae
Aplysia dactylomela	white-speckled sea hare	kualakai	rare	Native
Aplysia juliana	Juliana's sea hare	kualakai	Occasional	Native
Aplysiidae
Aplustridae	bubble shells
Apophryotrocha sp.			rare	Native
Apseudes tropicalis			occasional	Native
Apseudomorpha oahuensis			occasional	Native
Architectonicidae
Arca ventricosa	ventricose arc shell		Occasional	Native
Arcidae	ark shells
Arugella ewa			rare	Native
Ascidia archaia			Rare	Native
Ascidia sydneiensis	yellow-green sea squirt		Occasional	Native
Ascidiidae
Asphiosiphon elegans			occasional	Natve
Aspidosiphonidae
Asteronotus cespitosus	clumpy nudibranch		rare	Native
Asteropseidae
Asteropsis carinifera	sheriff-badge star		rare	Native
Atys semistriata	striate bubble		Uncommon	Native
Bagatus algicola			uncommon	Native
Balanidae
Balcis sp. 1			Occasional	Native
Balcis sp. 2			Uncommon	Native
Ballanophyllia sp.	cup coral		Uncommon	Native
Barbatia divaricata			Common	Native
Baseodiscidae
Baseodiscus cingulatus	banded ribbon worm		rare	Native
Baseodiscus delineatus			rare	Native
Berthellina citrina	orange gumdrop		Uncommon	Native
Bittium impendens	horn shell		Common	Native
Botryllus sp.	ladder tunicate		Uncommon	Native
Branchiomma nigromaculata			occasional	Native
Brania rhopalophora			Uncommon	Native
Brissidae
Brissus latecarinatus	keeled heart urchin		rare	Native
Buccinidae	whelks
Bugula sp.	fan bryozoan		Uncommon	Native
Bugula sp. (neritina?)	brown fan bryozoan		Uncommon	Introduced
Bugulidae
Bursa granularis	Cuba frog snail		Uncommon	Native
Bursa rosa			Rare	Native
Bursidae	frog shells

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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