Hawai'i Coral Reef Network

Marine Invertebrates of Hawai'i 

Lobster

Species list included in database:

Phylum Porifera - sponges

Phylum Cnidaria - cnidarians

Order Scleractina - stony corals

Family Acroporidae
  • Montipora flabellata - blue rice coral
  • Montipora patula - ringed rice coral
  • Montipora verrucosa - rice coral
  • Family Agariciidae
  • Pavona duerdeni
  • Pavona varians - false brain coral
  • Family Dendrophyllidae
  • Tubastraea coccinea - tube coral
  • Family Faviidae
  • Cyphastrea ocellina
  • Leptastrea bottae
  • Leptastrea purpurea
  • Family Fungiidae
  • Fungia scutaria - mushroom coral
  • Family Pocilloporidae
  • Pocillopora damicornis - lace coral
  • Pocillopora eydouxi - elkhorn coral
  • Pocillopora meandrina - cauliflower coral
  • Family Poritidae
  • Porites compressa - finger coral
  • Porites evermanni
  • Porites lobata - lobe coral
  • Porites rus
  • Family Thamastreidae
  • Psammocora stellata
  • Order Zoanthidea - zoanthids

  • Palythoa tuberculosa - rubber coral
  • Zoanthus pacificus
  • Phylum Platyhelminthes - flatworms

    Phylum Mollusca

    Class Gastropoda - snails and slugs

  • Conus spp. - cone shells
  • Cypraea caputserpentis - snakehead cowry
  • Cypraea tigris - tiger cowry
  • Hexabranchus sanguineus - Spanish dancer
  • Morula spp. & Drupa spp - thaidids
  • Class Cephalopoda - octopus and squids

  • Octopus spp. - octopus
  • Phylum Annelida

  • Eurythoe complanata - fire worm
  • Lanice conchilega - spaghetti worm
  • Sabellastarte sanctijosephi - feather duster worm
  • Spirobranchus giganteus - Christmas tree worm
  • Phylum Arthropoda

  • Carpilius maculatus - 7-11 crab
  • hermit crabs
  • Panulirus marginatus - spiny lobster
  • Paribaccus antarcticus - brown slipper lobster
  • Podophthalmus spp. - swimming crab
  • Stenopus hispidus - barber pole shrimp
  • Phylum Echinodermata

    Class Asteroidea - seastars

  • Acanthaster planci - crown-of-thorns seastar
  • Culcita novaeguineae - cushion seastar
  • Linckia multifora - pink seastar
  • Class Echinoidea - urchins

  • Chondrocidaris gigantae - rough spined urchin
  • Colobocentrotus atratus - shingle urchin
  • Echinometra mathaei - rock boring urchin
  • Echinometra oblonga - black boring urchin
  • Echinothrix calamaris - banded sea urchin
  • Echinothrix diadema - black sea urchin
  • Heterocentrotus mammillatus - slate pencil urchin
  • Tripneustes gratilla - collector urchin
  • Class Holothuroidea - sea cucumbers

  • Actinopyga mauritiana - speckled sea cucumber
  • Holothuria atra - black sea cucumber
  • Ophiodesoma spectabilis - sea worm sea cucumber
  • Class Ophiuroidea - brittlestars

  • Ophiocoma spp. - brittlestars
  • Phylum Chordata - tunicates

     


    Last update: 1/25/2005