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
Caecidae
Caecum arcuatum			Uncommon	Native
Ceacum glabela			Uncommon	Native
Caecum septimentum			Occasional	Native
Calappa gallus	lumpy box crab	poki poki	rare	Native
Calappidae	box crabs
Calcinus elegans	elegant hermit		Uncommon	Native
Calcinus guamensis	Guam hermit		occasional	Native
Calcinus sp. (haigae?)	Haig's hermit crab?		Uncommon	Native
Calcinus laevimanus	Hawaiian hermit		Common	Native
Calcinus latens	hidden hermit		occasional	Native
Calcinus laurentae	Laurent's hermit crab		Uncommon	Native
Calcinus seurati	Seurat's hermit		Occasional	Native
Calyptraeidae	cup-and-saucer limpets
Cardiidae	cockles
Carijoa riisei	snowflake coral		Uncommon	Introduced
Carinapex minutissima			Occasional	Native
Carpiliidae
Carpilius maculatus	seven-eleven crab	'alakuma	Uncommon	Native
Casmaria erinaceus kalosmodix	spiked helmet		Occasional	Native
Cassidae	helmets
Cavoliniidae
Cellana exarata	black-foot opihi	'opihi makaiauli	Abundant	Endemic
Cellana melanostoma	opihi	'opihi	Uncommon	Endemic
Cellana sandwicensis	yellow-foot opihi	'opihi 'alinalina	Abundant	Endemic
Cellana talcosa	giant opihi	'opihi ko'ele	Occasional	Endemic
Ceradocus hawaiiensis			rare	Native
Cerithiidae	ceriths or horn shells
Cerithidium perparuulum			Occasional	Native
Cerithiopsiidae
Cerithiopsis sp. (alba?)			Occasional	Native
Cerithium atromarginatum			rare	Native
Cerithium columna	columna horn shell		Uncommon	Native
Cerithium echinatum	prickly horn	maka'aha	Uncommon	Native
Certhium eqenum			Occasional	Native
Cerithium nesioticum	island horn shell		Occasional	Native
Certhium rostratum			rare	Native
Certhium zebrum	zebra horn		Uncommon	Native
Chaetopteridae
Chaetopterus variopedatus	parchment worm		rare	Native
Chama iostoma	violet-mouthed jewel box		Uncommon	Native
Chamidae	jewel boxes
Charybdis erythrodactyla	rainbow swimming crab	papa'i ako'ako'a	Uncommon	Native
Charybdis hawaiiensis	Hawaiian swimming crab		Occasional	Native
Cheila equestris	false cup-and-saucer		Occasional	Native
Chevalia aviculae			rare	Native
Chitonidae	chitons
Chlamys coruscans hawaiiensis			Occasional	Native
Chlorodiella cytherea			occasional	Native
Chlorodiella laevissima			occasional	Native
Chondrillidae
Chondrosia chucalla	meandering sponge		Occasional	Native
Chromodorididae	red spotted nudibranch
Chromodoris sp.			Uncommon	Native
Chthamalidae
Cidaridae
Ciliopagurus strigatus	cone shell hermit		Uncommon	Native
Cinetorhynchus sp.	hingebeak shrimp		Uncommon	Native
Cirolanidae
Cirratulidae	cirratulid worms
Cirriformia sp.			rare	Native
Cladactella manni	Mann's anemone		Uncommon	Native
Clathria sp.	vermilion clathria		rare	Native
Clavis sp.			Uncommon	Native
Clavulariidae
Clibanarius zebra	zebra hermit		Occasional	Native
Clio sp.			Occasional	Native
Codakia punctata	saucer shell		Occasional	Native
Colidotea edmondsoni			rare	Native
Collonista candida			Occasional	Native
Colobocentrotus atratus	helmet urchin	ha'uke'uke kaupili	Common	Native
Columbellidae	dog shells
Conidae	cone shells	pupu'ala
Conus abbreviatus	abbreviated cone		Occasional	Native
Conus catus	cat cone		rare	Native
Conus ebraeus	Hebrew cone		Uncommon	Native
Conus flavidus	yellow cone		Common	Native
Conus leapardus	leopard cone		Uncommon	Native
Conus lithoglyphus	pebble carved cone		Uncommon	Native
Conus lividus	spiteful cone		Occasional	Native
Conus pennaceus	penniform cone		Uncommon	Native
Conus pulicarius	flea cone		Uncommon	Native
Conus rattus	rat cone		Uncommon	Native
Conus sponsalis			Uncommon	Native
Conus striatus	striated cone		occasional	Native
Conus textile	textile cone		Uncommon	Native
Coralliophilidae
Corophiidae
Cosa sp. (waikiki?)			Uncommon	Native
Costellaridae
Crisiidae
Crisina radians	tuning fork bryozoan		rare	Native
Cryptodromiopsis tridens	sponge crab		rare	Native
Ctena bella	reticulate saucer shell		Uncommon	Native
Ctena transversa			Uncommon	Native
Culcita novaeguineae	cushion star		rare	Native
Cyclograpsus granulatus			rare	Native
Cyclograpsus henshawi			rare	Native
Cyclostremicus emeryi			Uncommon	Native
Cylichna sp. (pusilla?)			Uncommon	Native
Cymatium nicobaricum	Nicobar triton		Rare	Native
Cymatium sp.			Uncommon	Native
Cyphastrea agassizi			rare	Native
Cyphastrea ocellina				Native
Cypraea caputserpentis	snakehead cowry	leho kupa	Occasional	Native
Cypraea fimbriata	fringed cowry		Occasional	Native
Cypraea helvola	honey cowry	leho'opule	Occasional	Native
Cypraea isabella	Isabella's cowry	pu'leho	Uncommon	Native
Cypraea maculifera	reticulated cowry	leho kolea	Occasional	Native
Cypraea mauritiana	humpback cowry	leho ahi	Occasional	Native
Cypraea sulcidentata	groove-tooth cowry		Uncommon	Native
Cypraea talpa	mole cowry		Uncommon	Native
Cypraea tigris	tiger cowry		Uncommon	Native
Cypraea sp.	cowry		Uncommon	Native
Cypraeidae	cowries	leho
Cyrtechinus verruculatus	warty sand urchin		Uncommon	Native
Cysticus huna			Occasional	Native
Cystiscidae
Daphnella sp.			Uncommon	Native
Dardanus sanguinocarpus	bloody hermit crab		Uncommon	Native
Dendrophylliidae
Dendostrea sandvicensis	Hawaiian oyster		rare	Native
Dendrodorididae
Dendrodoris tuberculosa.	tuberculous nudibranch		Uncommon	Native
Dendropoma gregaria			occasional	Native
Dendropoma platypus			occasional	Native
Dendropoma rhyssoconchia			Common	Native
Dendropoma tuberculosa			Uncommon	Native
Diadema paucispinum	long-spined urchin	wana halula	Uncommon	Native
Diadematidae
Diala varia			Occasional	Native
Didemnidae
Didemnum edmondsoni			rare	Native
Didemnum sp 1 (white)	white didemnid		occasional	Native
Didemnum sp 2 (white)	white didemnid		rare	Native
Didemnum sp 3 (orange)	orange didemnid		occasional	Native
Diniatys dentifer			Occasional	Native
Diodora granifera			Occasional	Native
Diogenidae	left-handed hermit crabs	unauna
Diplosoma listerianum			rare	Native
Dodecaceria laddi			rare	Native
Dolabella auricularia	eared sea hare	kualakai	Rare	Native
Dolabrifera dolabrifera	common sea hare	kualakai	Uncommon	Native
Domecia hispida			Rare	Native
Dorididae
Dorvillea moniloceras			rare	Native
Dorvillea sp.			rare	Native
Dorvilleidae
Dromiidae	sponge crabs
Drupa morum	mulberry drupe	makaloa	Common	Native
Drupa ricina	spotted drupe	makaloa	Abundant	Native
Drupella elata			Occasional	Native
Drupella ochrostoma			rare	Native
Duplicaria gouldi	Gould's auger	pupu loloa	Uncommon	Native
Dynomene hispida			rare	Native
Dynomenidae

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 Names | Hawaiian Common Names | English Common Names | Browse Pictures

     Pacific Islands Coral Reef Program
     Kalaupapa National Historical Park Home Page
     National Park Service Home Page