Mare 371 Biology of Marine Invertebrates

Checklist of common Hawaiian Invertebrates

Phylum Porifera

Phylum Cnidaria

Corals

• Cyphastrea ocellina
• Fungia scutaria - mushroom coral
• Leptastrea bottae
• Leptastrea purpurea
• Montipora flabellata - blue rice coral
• Montipora patula - ringed rice coral
• Montipora verrucosa - rice coral
• Pavona duerdeni
• Pavona varians - false brain coral
• Pocillopora damicornis - lace coral
• Pocillopora meandrina - cauilflower coral
• Porites compressa - finger coral
• Porites evermanni
• Porites lobata - lobe coral
• Porites rus
• Tubastrea coccinea - tube coral

Zoanthids

• Palythoa tuberculosa - rubber coral
• Zoanthus pacificus

Phylum Platyhelminthes

Phylum Mollusca

Class Gastropoda

Prosobranchs

• Cellana sandwichensis -opihi (limpets)
• Conus ebraeus - hebrew cone
• Cypraea moneta - money cowry
• Cypraea caputserpentis - snakehead cowry
• Cypraea mauritiana - humpback cowry
• Littorina pintado - periwinkle
• Morula uva
• Nerita picea - pipipi
• Drupa ricina

Opisthobranchs

• Dolabrifera dolabrifera
• Hexabranchus sanguineus - spanish dancer
• Plankobranchus

Class Polyplacophora

• Acanthochiton viridis
• Ishnochiton petaloides

Class Bivalvia

• Brachidontes cerebristriatus - mussel
• Isogonomon californicum - oyster

Class Cephalopoda

• Octopus spp.

Phylum Siphuncula

Phylum Echiura

Phylum Annelida

• Eurythoe complanata - fire worm
• Lanice conchilega - spaghetti worm
• Sabellastarte sanctijosephi - feather duster worm
• Spirobranchus giganteus - christmas tree worm

Phylum Arthropoda

• hermit crabs
• Grapsus tenuicrustatus - a'ama crab
• Calapa hepatica - box crab
• Carpilus maculatus -7-11 crab
• Enoplometopus occidentalis - Hawaiian lobster
• Panulirus marginatus - spiny lobster
• Paribaccas antarcticus - slipper lobster
• Stenopus hispidus - barber pole shrimp

Phylum Echinodermata

Class Asteroidea

• Acanthaster planci - crown-of-thorns seastar
• Linckia multifora - pink seastar
• Culcita novaeguineae - cushion seastar

Class Ophioroidea

• Ophiocoma picta

Class Echinoidea

• Chondrocidaris gigantae - rough-spined urchin
• Colobocentrotus atratus - shingle urchin
• Diadema paucispinum - long spined urchin (wana)
• Echinometra mathaei - rock boring urchin
• Echinometra oblonga - black rock boring urchin
• Echinostrephus aciculatus - needle-spined urchin
• Echinothrix calamaris - banded urchin (wana)
• Echinothrix diadema - black urchin (wana)
• Eucidaris metularia - ten-lined urchin
• Hetrocentrotus mammillatus - slate pencil urchin
• Tripneustes gratilla - collector urchin

Class Holothuroidea

• Actinopyga mauritiana - speckled cucumber
• Actinopyga obesa - brown cucumber
• Holothuria atra - black cucumber
• Holothuria flavomaculatus
• Holothuria hilla - light spotted cucumber
• Holothuria impatiens - six-banded cucumber
• Holothuria pervicax - six-banded cucumber
• Ophiodesoma spectabilis - sea worm cucumber

Phylum Chordata