invertebrates

phylum Echinodermata

• rock-boring sea urchin (Echinometra mathaei)

• oblong sea urchin (Echinometra oblonga)

• white-spotted sea cucumber (Actinopyga varians)

• black sea cucumber (Holothuria atra)

• ashy sea cucumber (Holothuria cinerascens)

• difficult sea cucumber (Holothuria difficilis)

• Holothuria lineata*

phylum Cnidaria

• green button polyp (Palythoa mutuki)*

phylum Arthropoda

• left-handed hermit crab (Calcinus laevimanus)

• hidden hermit crab (Calcinus latens)*

• painted hermit crab (Calcinus pictus)

• thin-shelled rock crab (Grapsus tenuicrustatus)

• tiger shrimp (Palaemon pacificus)*

• hairy-fingered rock crab (Pachygrapsus planifrons)*

• common hairy crab (Pilumnus vespertilio)

phylum Mollusca

• granulated drupe (Arakawania granulata)*

• humpback cowry (Cypraea mauritiana)*

• Hawaiian snakehead cowry (Cypraea caputophidii)

• dotted periwinkle (Littoraria pintado)*

• black nerite (Nerita picea)

• lettered miter (Strigatella litterata)*

• variable worm snail (Thylacodes variabilis)*

phylum Annelida

• fan worm (Acromegalomma sp.)*

fish

• tide pool goby (Bathygobius sp.)

• Hawaiian spotted toby (Canthigaster jactator)

• peppered moray eel (Gymnothorax pictus) - dead*

• devil scorpionfish (Scorpaenopsis diabolus) - dead*

* = first identified species encounter