Scientific Animal Names

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Scientific Name (Linked to Species Profile)	Common Name	Hawaiian Name	Abundance	Nativity	Photo
Nassariidae	dog whelks or baskets
Nassarius papillosus	pimpled basket		Rare	Native
Nassarius pauperus			Uncommon	Native
Nassarius sp.			Uncommon	Native
Natica gualteriana			occasional	Native
Natica sp.			Uncommon	Native
Naticidae
Nematoneresis unicornis				Native
Neothais harpa			Uncommon	Native
Nereididae	nereid worms
Nerita picea	black nerite	pipipi	Abundant	Native
Nerita polita	polished nerite	ku'upe'a	Uncommon	Native
Neritidae	nerite snails
Nesochthamalus intertextus	purple rock barnacle		Abundant	Native
Nicolea gracilibranchis			rare	Native
Nodilittorina hawaiensis			Common	Endemic
Nucia speciosa			rare	Native
Octopodidae	octopus
Octopus cyanea	day octopus	he'e mauli	Uncommon	Native
Octopus ornatus	ornate octopus	he'e puloa	Uncommon	Native
Ocypode ceratophthalmia	horned ghost crab		occasional	Native
Ocypode pallidula	pallid ghost crab		Uncmmon	Native
Ocypodidae	ghost or fiddler crabs
Odostomia gulicki			Occasional	Native
Odostomia oxia			Uncommon	Native
Odostomia sternsiella			Uncommon	Native
Ophidiaster hemprichi	Hemprich's star		rare	Native
Ophidiasteridae
Ophiocoma brevipes	reticulated brittle star		Uncommon	Native
Ophiocoma dentata	toothed brittle star		occasional	Native
Ophiocoma erinaceus	spiny brittle star		Common	Native
Ophiocoma pica	pied brittle star		Uncommon	Native
Ophiocomidae
Ophiodermatidae
Ophionereididae
Ophioneresis porrecta	long-arm brittle star		Uncommon	Native
Ophiopeza clarki
Opiodesoma spectabilis	conspicuous sea cucumber	weli	Uncommon	Native
Oreasteridae
Ostrea hanleyana			occasional	Native
Ostreidae	oysters
Otopleura mitralis			Uncommon	Native
Pachycheles pisoides			occasional	Native
Pachygrapsus minutus			occasional	Native
Pachygrapsus planifrons			rare	Native
Pachygrapsus plicatus	pleated rock crab	'a'awa	Uncommon	Native
Paguridae	right-handed hermit crabs	unauna
Pagurixus festinus	fast hermit		occasional	Native
Palaemon debilis	feeble shrimp		Uncommon	Native
Palaemon pacificus	tiger shrimp		Uncommon	Native
Palaemonidae
Palinuridae	lobsters
Palythoa caesia	blue-gray zoanthid		Common	Native
Panulirus marginatus	banded spiny lobster	ula	Occasional	Native
Panulirus penicillatus	tufted spiny lobster	ula	Uncommon	Native
Paragrubia vorax			occasional	Native
Paranthura ostergaardi			occasional	Native
Paranthuridae
Parapsuedes neglectus			rare	Native
Parashiela beetsi			Occasional	Native
Parashiela sp.			Occasional	Native
Paraxanthias notatus			occasional	Native
Parribacus antarcticus	ula-pehu	sculptured slipper lobster	Uncommon	Native
Patellidae	true limpets	'opihi
Peasiella tantilla			Common	Native
Pectinidae	scallops
Pennaria disicha	feather hydroid		Occasional	Introduced
Percnon planissimum	flat rock crab		Uncommon	Native
Periglypta reticulata			Uncommon	Native
Perinea tumida			uncommon	Native
Perineresis curvata			Uncommon	Native
Peristernia chlorostoma			occasional	Native
Perophora annectens			occasional	Native
Perophoridae
Petalochonchus keenae			Common	Native
Petrolisthes coccineus	red porcelain crab		rare	Native
Phascolosoma nigrescens	peanut worm		occasional	Native
Phascolosoma stephensoni			rare	Native
Phascolosomatidae
Pherecardia striata	lined fireworm	'aha huluhulu	Uncommon	Native
Philobryidae	minute pens
Photis kapapa			rare	Native
Phyllochaetopterus verrilli			occasional	Native
Phyllodoce madeirensis			Occasional	Native
Phyllodocidae
Phymodius nitidus			rare	Native
Pickworthiidae
Pilodius areolatus	areolated xanthid crab		occasional	Native
Pinctada radiata	pearl oyster		Common	Native
Pinnidae	pen shells
Plagusia depressa tuberculata	scaly rock crab		Uncommon	Native
Plagussidae	spray crabs
Planaxidae
Planaxis labiosa			rare	Native
Platypodia eydouxii	red-eyed xanthid crab		rare	Native
Platypodia hawaiiensis			occasional	Native
Plesiotrochus luteus			Occasional	Native
Pleurobranchidae
Pocillopora damicornis	lace coral		Uncommon	Native
Pocillopora eydouxi	antler coral		Uncommon	Native
Pocillopora meandrina	cauliflower coral		Uncommon	Native
Pocilloporidae
Podoceridae
Podocerus talegus lawai			occasional	Native
Polycarpa aurita			Rare	Native
Polycirrus sp.			rare	Native
Polydectus cupulifer	teddy-bear crab		occasional	Native
Polynoidae
Polyplectana kefersteinii	Keferstein's sea cucumber		Occasional	Native
Porifera	sponges, unidentified	hu'aki
Porites compressa	finger coral	pohaku puna	Uncommon	Native
Porites lobata	lobe coral	pohaku puna	Uncommon	Native
Poritidae		pohaku puna
Portunidae	swimming crabs
Potamethus sp.			rare	Native
Procellanidae	porcelain crabs
Prodotia ignea			rare	Native
Prodotia iostomus			rare	Native
Protopalythoa spp.	zoanthid		Uncommon	Native
Protosquillidae	protosquillid mantis shrimps
Pseudambasia kalaupapa			rare	Native
Pseudobolentia indiana	pebble collector urchin	hawa'e po'o hina	rare	Native
Pseudoceritidae
Pseudoceritidae sp.	white striped flatworm		Uncommon	Native
Pseudoceros sp.			Uncommon	Native
Pseudocryptochirus kahe	Kahe Point crab		Common	Native
Pseudoliomera remota			rare	Native
Pseudoliomera variolosa			rare	Native
Pseudovermilia occidentalis			rare	Native
Pseudozius caystrus		'elekuma	rare	Native
Pseudozuxidae
Pteraeolidia ianthina	blue dragon nudibranch		Occasional	Native
Pteriidae	oysters
Ptychodera flava	yellow acorn worm		occasional	Native
Ptychoderidae
Pupa sp.			Uncommon	Native
Purpura aperta			Uncommon	Native
Pusillina marmorata			Occasional	Native
Pylopaguropsis keijii	broadhand coral hermit		Uncommon	Native
Pyramidellidae	pyramid shells
Pyramidelloides miranda			Uncommon	Native
Pyuridae

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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