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
Hawaiian Reef Hermit Crab 5
Calcinus laevimanus
Seurat's Hermit Crab 5
Calcinus seurati
Blackspot Sergeant 6
Abudefduf sordidus
Banded Sea Urchin 7
Echinothrix calamaris
Shingle Urchin 8
Colobocentrotus atratus
Indo-Pacific Rock-boring Urchin 9
Echinometra mathaei
Green Sea Turtle 10
Chelonia mydas
Red Pencil Urchin 5
Heterocentrotus mamillatus
Hawaiian Sergeant Major 12
Abudefduf abdominalis
Brighteye Damselfish 13
Plectroglyphidodon imparipennis
Convict Surgeonfish 12
Acanthurus triostegus
Giant 'Opihi 17
Cellana talcosa
Blue-black Urchin 3
Echinothrix diadema
Zebra Blenny 18
Istiblennius zebra
Yellow-foot 'Opihi 5
Cellana sandwicensis
Purse Shell Flatworm 5
Pericelis hymanae
Nanus Cone 5
Conus nanus
Snowflake Moray 19
Echidna nebulosa
Pleated Rock Crab 20
Pachygrapsus plicatus
Bullethead Blenny 12
Blenniella gibbifrons
Thin-shelled Rock Crab 21
Grapsus tenuicrustatus
Estuarine Rock Crab 22
Metopograpsus thukuhar
Bloody Pebble Crab 5
Leptodius sanguineus
Ashy Sea Cucumber 8
Holothuria cinerascens
Lollyfish Sea Cucumber 24
Holothuria atra
Granular Drupe 25
Tenguella granulata
Mulberry Drupe 17
Drupa morum
Pale Anemone 26
Exaiptasia diaphana
Blue-eyed Rock Crab 3
Percnon affine
Shingly Hoof Snail 27
Hipponix imbricatus
Pink Bubble Snail 28
Aplustrum amplustre
Hawaiian Turbo Snail 17
Turbo sandwicensis
Purple Rock Barnacle 5
Nesochthamalus intertextus
Collector Urchin 29
Tripneustes gratilla
Dotted Periwinkle 31
Littoraria pintado
Spaghetti Worms 27
Terebellidae
Hawaiian Flagtail 31
Kuhlia xenura
Warty Seacat 5
Dolabrifera dolabrifera
Polished Nerite 5
Nerita polita
Isabella Cowry 34
Luria isabella
Guam Hermit Crab 35
Calcinus guamensis
Sheriff-badge Sea Star 20
Asteropsis carinifera
Stout Moray 31
Gymnothorax eurostus
Red Porcelain Crab 5
Petrolisthes coccineus
Gold-Mouthed Triton Snail 36
Monoplex nicobaricus
Black-crowned Night-Heron 37
Nycticorax nycticorax
Stubborn Sea Cucumber 38
Holothuria pervicax
Wandering Tattler 39
Tringa incana
Flat Rock Crab 28
Percnon planissimum
Intermediate Thais 5
Menathais intermedia
Devil Scorpionfish 3
Scorpaenopsis diabolus
Oblong Sea Urchin 40
Echinometra oblonga
Lined Seahare 9
Stylocheilus striatus
Zebra Hermit Crab 35
Clibanarius zebra

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