invertebrates

phylum Echinodermata

• rock-boring sea urchin (Echinometra mathaei)

• oblong sea urchin (Echinometra oblonga)

• black sea cucumber (Holothuria atra)

• ashy sea cucumber (Holothuria cinerascens)

phylum Cnidaria

• cauliflower coral (Pocillopora meandrina)

phylum Arthropoda

• painted hermit crab (Calcinus pictus)

• Seurat's hermit crab (Calcinus seurati)

• thin-shelled rock crab (Grapsus tenuicrustatus)

• purple rock barnacle (Nesochthamalus intertextus)

phylum Mollusca

• granulated drupe (Arakawania granulata)

• black-foot ‘opihi (Cellana exarata)

• yellow-foot ‘opihi (Cellana sandwicensis)

• Hawaiian snakehead cowry (Cypraea caputophidii)

• dotted periwinkle (Littoraria pintado)

• black nerite (Nerita picea)

• black purse shell (Isognomon californicum)*

fish

• blackspot sergeant (Abudefduf sordidus)*

• dusky surgeonfish (Acanthurus nigrofuscus)*

• convict tang (Acanthurus triostegus)

• Christmas wrasse (Thalassoma trilobatum)

• Moorish idol (Zanclus cornutus)

* = first identified species encounter