Marine invertebrates of Kalaupapa National Historical Park is an illustrated list of species occurring within the park -- each name linked to a species by family. Thumbnail pictures on the family list pages link to enlarged photos.

The website was developed from the National Park Service Inventory and Monitoring website -- available for searches at https://irma.nps.gov/App/Species/Search.The data are from a report on marine invertebrates of Kalapapa National Historical Park dated March 7, 2007.

Species presence and abundance (shown on the family pages) are based generally upon the frequency species were recorded on the Godwin/Bolick transects, and the Minton/Carnevale transects from the publications listed below. Species listed at all 12 sites are shown as abundant; on 9 to 11 sites as common; on 4 to 8 sites as uncommon; on 2 to 3 sites as occasional; on a single site as rare.

The principal sources of the marine invertebrates listed here are from:

Godwin, Scott and Holly Bolick. 2006. Final Report, Inventory of Intertidal and Shallow Subtidal Marine Invertebrates at Kalaupapa National Historical Park. Hawaii Biological Survey, Bishop Museum. Honolulu

Minton, Dwayne and Maria Carnevale. 2006. A Preliminary Survey of the Marine and Intertidal Invertebrates of Kalaupapa National Historical Park (Molokai, Hawaii). National Park Service Report submitted to Kalaupapa National Historical Park, Natural Resources Division. 56 pp.

Click here to view the Godwin and Bolick report in pdf form. To download their report click here.

Click here to view the Minton and Carnevale report in pdf form. To download the report click here.

Learn more about the NPSpecies Inventorying and Monitoring Program.

National Park Service contacts: <harryb001@hawaii.rr.com> or <Paul_Hosten@nps.gov>

Page last updated 17 June 2016.