common Hawaiian intertidal/tidepool species

Painted Hermit Crab 1
Calcinus pictus
Brown Purse Shell 2
Isognomon perna
Hawaiian Tiger Cowry 3
Cypraea tigris schilderiana
Hawaiian Snakehead Cowrie 4
Monetaria caputophidii
Blackspot Sergeant 7
Abudefduf sordidus
Banded Sea Urchin 8
Echinothrix calamaris
Shingle Urchin 9
Colobocentrotus atratus
Green Sea Turtle 11
Chelonia mydas
Red Pencil Urchin 6
Heterocentrotus mamillatus
Hawaiian Sergeant Major 13
Abudefduf abdominalis
Brighteye Damselfish 14
Plectroglyphidodon imparipennis
Convict Surgeonfish 13
Acanthurus triostegus
Indo-Pacific Sergeant Major 15
Abudefduf vaigiensis
Black-foot 'Opihi 16
Cellana exarata
False 'Opihi 18
Siphonaria normalis
Giant 'Opihi 18
Cellana talcosa
Blue-black Urchin 3
Echinothrix diadema
Zebra Blenny 19
Istiblennius zebra
Yellow-foot 'Opihi 6
Cellana sandwicensis
Purse Shell Flatworm 6
Pericelis hymanae
White Scroll Alga 20
Padina sanctae-crucis
Nanus Cone 6
Conus nanus
Snowflake Moray 21
Echidna nebulosa
Pleated Rock Crab 22
Pachygrapsus plicatus
Bullethead Blenny 13
Blenniella gibbifrons
prickly seaweed 5
Acanthophora spicifera
Thin-shelled Rock Crab 23
Grapsus tenuicrustatus
Ashy Sea Cucumber 9
Holothuria cinerascens
Lollyfish Sea Cucumber 27
Holothuria atra
Granular Drupe 28
Tenguella granulata
Mulberry Drupe 18
Drupa morum
Pale Anemone 29
Exaiptasia diaphana
Blue-eyed Rock Crab 3
Percnon affine
Shingly Hoof Snail 30
Hipponix imbricatus
Pink Bubble Snail 31
Aplustrum amplustre
Hawaiian Turbo Snail 18
Turbo sandwicensis
Purple Rock Barnacle 6
Nesochthamalus intertextus
Collector Urchin 32
Tripneustes gratilla
Dotted Periwinkle 34
Littoraria pintado
Spaghetti Worms 30
Terebellidae
Hawaiian Flagtail 34
Kuhlia xenura
Warty Seacat 6
Dolabrifera dolabrifera
Polished Nerite 6
Nerita polita
Isabella Cowry 37
Luria isabella
Guam Hermit Crab 38
Calcinus guamensis
Sheriff-badge Sea Star 22
Asteropsis carinifera
Stout Moray 34
Gymnothorax eurostus
Red Porcelain Crab 6
Petrolisthes coccineus
Gold-Mouthed Triton Snail 40
Monoplex nicobaricus
Flat Rock Crab 31
Percnon planissimum
Intermediate Thais 6
Menathais intermedia
Devil Scorpionfish 3
Scorpaenopsis diabolus
Oblong Sea Urchin 44
Echinometra oblonga
Sea Grapes 45
Caulerpa racemosa
Lined Seahare 10
Stylocheilus striatus
Zebra Hermit Crab 38
Clibanarius zebra

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