CALIFORNIA INVERTEBRATES & ALGAE
Below is the list of invertebrate species that
are monitored as part of REEF's California Invertebrate & Algae
Monitoring Program, a
companion to the REEF Fish Survey Project in the Pacific Region (California
- Alaska). For
more information, visit the Invertebrate Monitoring
page.
ARTHROPODS
Brown Rock Crab
-- Cancer antennarius
Coonstripe Shrimp -- Pandalus
gurneyi/P. danae
Masking/Sheep Crab -- Loxorhynchus
crispatus/L. grandis
Northern Kelp Crab -- Pugettia
producta
Red Rock Shrimp -- Lysmata
californica
Spiny Lobster -- Panulirus
interruptus
BRYOZOANS
Fluted Bryozoan -- Hippodiplosia
insculpta
Lacy Bryozoan -- Phidolopora
labiata
Northern Staghorn Bryozoan -- Heteropora
pacifica
Southern Staghorn Bryozoan -- Diaperoecia
californica
CNIDARIANS
Anemones
Strawberry Anemone -- Corynactis
californica
Tube-Dwelling Anemone -- Pachycerianthus
fimbriatus
White-Spotted Anemone -- Urticina
lofotensis
Corals/Gorgonians/Hydrocoral
Brown Gorgonian -- Muricea
fruticosa
California Golden Gorgonian -- Muricea
californica
Orange Cup Coral -- Balanophyllia
elegans
Purple Hydrocoral -- Stylaster
californicus
Red Gorgonian -- Lophogorgia
chilensis
ECHINODERMS
Sea Cucumbers
California Sea Cucumber -- Parastichopus californicus
Warty Sea Cucumber -- Parastichopus
parvimensis
Sea Stars
Bat Star -- Asterina miniata
Giant Spined Star -- Pisaster
giganteus
Leather Star -- Dermasterias
imbricata
Spiny Brittlestar -- Ophiothrix
spiculata
Sunflower Star -- Pycnopodia
helianthoides
Sea Urchins/Sand Dollar
Crowned Urchin -- Centrostephanus
coronatus
Eccentric Sand Dollar -- Dendraster
excentricus
Purple Urchin -- Strongylocentrotus
purpuratus
Red Urchin -- Strongylocentrotus
franciscanus
White Urchin -- Lytechinus
anamesus
MOLLUSKS
Nudibranchs and Sea Hares
Opalescent Nudibranch
-- Hermissenda crassicornis
Red Sea Hare -- Aplysia
californica
San Diego Dorid -- Diaulula
sandiegensis
Sea Lemon -- Peltodoris
nobilis
Spanish Shawl -- Flabellina
iodinea
Octopus
Red Octopus -- Octopus
rubescens
Two-Spot Octopus -- Octopus
bimaculatus
Snails
Chesnut Cowry -- Cypraea
spadicea
Giant Keyhole Limpet -- Megathura
crenulata
Kellet's Whelk -- Kelletia
kelletii
Lewis' Moon Snai -- Euspira
lewisii
Red Turban Snail -- Lithopoma
gibberosum
Wavy Turban Snail -- Lithopoma
undosum
Abalone
Green Abalone -- Haliotis
fulgens
Pink Abalone -- Haliotis
corrugata
Red Abalone -- Haliotis
rufescens
Other - Scallop and Chiton
Gumboot Chiton -- Cryptochiton
stelleri
Rock Scallop -- Crassedoma
giganteum
SPONGES
Cobalt Sponge -- Hymenamphiastra
cyanocrypta
Orange Puffball Sponge -- Tethya
aurantia
Red Volcano Sponge -- Acarnus
erithacus
TUNICATES
Club Tunicate (exotic) -- Styela
clava
Light-Bulb Tunicate -- Clavelina
huntsmani
Stalked Tunicate -- Styela
montereyensis
WORMS
Christmas Tree -- Spirobranchus
spinosus
Colonial Sand-Tube Worms -- Phragmatopoma
californica
Feather Duster -- Eudistylia
polymorpha
SEAWEEDS
Asian Kelp Wakame (exotic) -- Undaria
pinnatifida
Bull Kelp -- Nereocystis
luetkeana
Giant Kelp -- Macrocystis
integrifolia/M. pyrifera
Northern Sea Palm -- Pterygophora
californica
Oarweed
-- Laminaria farlowii
Southern Sea Palm -- Eisenia
arborea
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