invertebrates

phylum Echinodermata

• helmet urchin (Colobocentrotus atratus)

• blue-lined long-spine urchin (Diadema savignyi)

• rock-boring sea urchin (Echinometra mathaei)

• white-spotted sea cucumber (Actinopyga varians)

• black sea cucumber (Holothuria atra)

phylum Cnidaria

• cauliflower coral (Pocillopora meandrina)

phylum Arthropoda

• Seurat's hermit crab (Calcinus seurati)

• thin-shelled rock crab (Grapsus tenuicrustatus)

• Hembel's rock barnacle (Euraphia hembeli)*

• purple rock barnacle (Nesochthamalus intertextus)

phylum Mollusca

• granulated drupe (Arakawania granulata)

• black-foot ‘opihi (Cellana exarata)

• humpback cowry (Cypraea mauritiana) - juvenile

• dotted periwinkle (Littoraria pintado)

• black nerite (Nerita picea)

• variable worm snail (Thylacodes variabilis)

• partridge tun snail (Tonna perdix) - dead*

• Hawaiian turban snail (Turbo sandwicensis)

• black purse shell (Isognomon californicum)

* = first identified species encounter