invertebrates

phylum Echinodermata

• rock-boring sea urchin (Echinometra mathaei)

• white-spotted sea cucumber (Actinopyga varians)

• black sea cucumber (Holothuria atra)

• difficult sea cucumber (Holothuria difficilis)*

phylum Cnidaria

• glass anemone (Aiptasia pulchella)

phylum Arthropoda

• left-handed hermit crab (Calcinus laevimanus)

• painted hermit crab (Calcinus pictus)

• thin-shelled rock crab (Grapsus tenuicrustatus)

• pebble crab (Leptodius sp.)

phylum Mollusca

• black nerite (Nerita picea)

fish

• tide pool gobies (Bathygobius spp.)

• Christmas wrasse (Thalassoma trilobatum)

* = first identified species encounter

First time night tide pooling!