invertebrates

phylum Echinodermata

• rock-boring sea urchin (Echinometra mathaei)

• oblong sea urchin (Echinometra oblonga)

• blue-black urchin (Echinothrix diadema)

• red slate pencil urchin (Heterocentrotus mamillatus)

• white-spotted sea cucumber (Actinopyga varians)

• black sea cucumber (Holothuria atra)

• ashy sea cucumber (Holothuria cinerascens)

phylum Cnidaria

• rubbery zoanthid (Palythoa tuberculosa)*

• cauliflower corals (Pocillopora spp.)

phylum Arthropoda

• left-handed hermit crab (Calcinus laevimanus)

• 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 ʻopihi (Cellana exarata)

• dotted periwinkle (Littoraria pintado)

• reticulated cowry (Mauritia maculifera)*

• Hawaiian snakehead cowry (Monetaria caputophidii)

• black nerite (Nerita picea)

• variable worm snail (Thylacodes variabilis)

• Hawaiian turban (Turbo sandwicensis)

• Hawaiian pearl oyster (Pinctada galtsoffi)*

fish

• snowflake moray eel (Echidna nebulosa)

* = first identified species encounter