Marine Invertebrates of Kalaupapa National Historical Park

Common Names of Marine Invertebrates - Click name for more information

A	F	M	S
abbreviated cone	false cup-and-saucer	Mann's anemone	sand sea cucumber
antler coral	false limpets	marbled shrimp	saucer shell
areolated xanthid crab	fan bryozoan	marsh crabs	scallops
		meandering sponge
ark shells	fast hermit	Medusa spaghetti worm	scaly rock crab
auger shells	feather duster worms	minute pens	sculptured slipper lobster
B	feather hydroid	mitres	Scyllaridae
band shells	feeble shrimp	modulus	sea anemone
banded coral shrimp	fiddler crabs	modulus shells	sea buttons
banded ribbon worm	finger coral	mole cowry	sea cucumbers
			sea cucumber snails
banded spiny lobster	fireworms	moon shells	sea hares
			sea squirts
banded urchin	flat chiton	mud crabs	serpulid worms
baskets	flat rock crab	mulberry drupe	Seurat's hermit
black-foot opihi	flea cone	mussels	seven-eleven crab
black nerite	fringed cowry	N	sheriff-badge star
black purse shell	frog crabs	needle-spined urchin	shingly hoof shell
black reef sponge	frog shells	nereid worms	shore crabs
black sea cucumber	G	nerites	slit shells
bloody hermit crab	gaping clams	nerite snails	slug
blue-black urchin	ghost crabs	Nicobar triton	snakehead cowry
blue dragon nudibranch	giant opihi	O	snapping shrimps
blue-gray zoanthid	glass anemone	obelisk shells	snowflake coral
blue rice coral	glassy bubble shells	oblong urchin	Spanish dancer
box crabs	goose barnacle	octopus	spider crabs
broadhand coral hermit	granular drupe	opihi	spiked helmet
brownbar snapping shrimp	grape morula	orange-banded snapping shrimp	spindle shells
brown fan bryozoan	green chiton	orange cup coral	spiny brittle star
brown-line paperbubble	grooved snails	orange didemnid	spiny lobster
brown purse shell	groove-tooth cowry	orange fireworm	spiny oysters
bubble
bubble shells	gonodactylid mantis shrimps	orange gumdrop	spiny scale worm
Bugulidae	Gould's auger	ornate octopus	spiteful cone
bumblebee shrimps	Guam hermit	oval squid	sponge crabs
C	guard crabs	oysters	sponges, unidentified
calyx bubble shell	H	oysters	spotted drupe
cat cone	Haig's hermit crab	P	spotted stromb
cauliflower coral	Hawaiian hermit	pallid ghost crab	spray crabs
ceriths	Hawaiian oyster	parchment worm	squat lobsters
		peanut worm
chitons	Hawaiian pom-pom crab	pearl oyster	squid
chitons	Hawaiian swimming crab	pearly top shells	striated cone
		pebble carved cone
Christmas-tree worm	Hawaiian top	pebble collector urchin	strombs
cirratulid worms	heart urchin	pebble crabs	stubborn sea cucumber
clams	Hebrew cone	penniform cone	sundials
clumpy nudibranch	helmets	pen shells	swimming crabs
cockles	helmet urchin	periwinkles	swollen bubble shell
collector urchin	Hembel's rock barnacle	petroglyph shrimp	syllid worms
colonial cup coral	Hemprich's star	Philippean mantis shrimp	T
columna horn shell
common guard crab	Herdman's sea squirt	pied brittle star	talon crabs
common sea hare	hidden hermit	pimpled basket	teated sea cucumber
cone shell hermit	hingebeak shrimp	pleated rock crab	teddy-bear crab
cone shells	honey cowry	plump sea cucumber	ten-lined urchin
conical hoof shell	hoof shells	polished nerite	terebellid worms
conspicuous sea cucumber	horn shells	porcelain crabs	textile cone
coral crabs	horned ghost crab	pretty liomera	thorny oyster
coral gall crabs	humpback cowry	prickly horn	tiger cowry
coral shrimps	hump-backed shrimp	protosquillid mantis shrimps	tiger shrimp
corrugated liomera	I	punctured mitre	toothed brittle star
cowries	impatient sea cucumber	purple rock barnacle	top shells
Cuba frog snail	intermediate thais	purse crabs	tower shells
cup-and-saucer	Isabella's cowry	purse shells	tritons
cup coral	island horn shell	pyramid shells	true limpets
cushion star	J	R	tuberculous nudibranch
D	jewel boxes	rainbow swimming crab	tufted spiny lobster
day octopus	Judd's scallop	rat cone	tulip shells
difficult sea cucumber	Juliana's sea hare	red-eyed xanthid crab	turban shells
dog shells	K	red pencil urchin	turbans
dog whelks	Kahe Point crab	red porcelain crab	tuning fork bryozoan
dotted periwinkle	keeled heart urchin	red reef lobster	U
dove shells	Keferstein's sea cucumber	red spotted nudibranch	urchin-tail mantis shrimp
drupes	keyhole limpets	reef lobster	V
dusky anemone	knobby snail	reticulated brittle star	variable worm snail
E	kona crab	reticulated cowry	ventricose arc shell
eared sea hare	L	reticulate saucer shell	Venus clams
		ribbon worms
elegant hermit	lace bryozoan	rice coral	vermilion clathria
	lace coral	right-handed hermit crabs	violet-mouthed jewel box
	ladder tunicate	rock-boring urchin	W
	Laurent's hermit crab	rock louse	warty sand urchin
	left-handed hermit crabs	round-mouth urchin	warty sea cucumber
	left-handed snails	rubble crabs	whelks
			white leucetta (sponge)
	leopard cone	rusty guard crab	white sea cucumber
	leopard sea cucumber		white-speckled sea hare
	leucetta (sponge)
	lightfoot crab		worm shells
	light-spotted sea cucumber		woven top
	limpets		X
	lined fireworm		white didemnid
	lined sea hare		white-spotted sea cucumber
	lion's paw sea cucumber		white striped flatworm
	little keyhole limpet		Y
	lobe coral		yellow acorn worm
	long-arm brittle star		yellow cone
	long-spined urchin		yellow-foot opihi
	Lottin's snapping shrimp		yellow-green sea squirt
	lucines		Z
	lumpy box crab		zebra hermit
			zebra horn
			zoanthus

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