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Marine Invertebrates

Octopus

• PORIFERA (Sponges)
  • Sulphur sponge (Aplysina fistularis, formerly Verongia aurea)
    
• CNIDARIA
  • Hydroids
    • Miscellaneous hydroid species
    • White feather hydroid (Aglaophenia)
  • Anemones and Cup Corals
    • Giant green anemone (Anthopleura xanthogrammica)
    • Zoanthid anemone (undescribed species)
    • Tune-dwelling anemone (Pachycerianthus fimbriatus)
    • Solitary cup coral (unid. species)
    • Colonial cup coral (Coenocyathus bowersi)
  • Scyphozoa (Jellyfish)
  • Gorgonians
    • Gorgonians- general
    • Purple gorgonian (Eugorgia rubens)
    • Red gorgonian (Lophogorgia chilensis)
    • Brown gorgoanian (Muricea fruticosa)
    • California golden gorgonian (Muricea californica)
  • Corals
    
• ANNELIDA (Segmented Worms)
  • Christmas tree worm (Spirobranchus spinosus)
  • Serpulid worm (Serpula vermicularis)
  • Sabellid worm (Myxicola infundibulum)
  • Terebellid worm (Thelepus crispus)
    
• ARTHROPODA
  • Decapods
    • California spiny lobster (Panulirus interruptus)
      • Lobster page 1
      • Lobster page 2
      • Lobster page 3
      • Lobster page 4: remains
    • Striped shore crab (Pachygrapsus crassipes)
    • Southern kelp crab (Taliepus nuttallii)
      
• MOLLUSCA
  • Polyplacophora (Chitons)
    • Lined chiton (Tonicella lineata)
  • Gastropods (Snails)
    • Abalone
      • Pink abalone (Haliotis corrugata)
      • Green analone (Haliotis fulgens)
      • Close-up of abalone feeding (in tank)
    • Limpets
      • Giant keyhole limpet (Megathura crenulata)
    • Snails
      • Wavy top or turban snail (Lithopoma undosum, formerly Astraea undosa)
      • Norris' topsnail (Norrisia norrisi)
      • Scaled worm snail (Serpulorbis squamigerus)
      • Chestnut cowry (Cypraea spadicea)
      • Kellet's whelk (Kelletia kelletti)
      • Tegula ssp.
      • Solander's trivia (Trivia solandri)
      • Nudibranchs and opisthobranchs
        • California sea hare (Aplysia californica)
          • California sea hare
          • California sea hare attacked by garibaldi
        • California dorid (Hypselodoris californiensis)
  • Clams, Scallops, Mussels
    • Miscellaneous bivalves
    • Rock scallop (Crassedoma giganteum, formerly Hinnites giganteus)
    • Heart or basket cockle (Clinocardium nuttallii)
  • Cephalopods (Octopi, Squid)
    • Two-spotted octopus (Octopus bimaculatus)
      • Octopus adults
      • Octopus behavior
      • Octopus juveniles #1
      • Octopus juveniles #2
      • Kelp bass feeding on octopus carcass
      • Octopus carcass
    • Paper nautilus (Argonauta argo)
      
• ECTOPROCTA (Bryozoa)
  • Southern staghorn bryozoan (Diaperoecia californica)
    
• ECHINODERMATA
  • Asteroids (Starfish)
    • Giant spined or knobby starfish (Pisaster giganteus)
    • Fragile or variable starfish (Linckia columbiae)
      • Fragile or variable starfish #1
      • Fragile or variable starfish #2
      • Fragile or variable star #3: arm numbers
  • Ophiuroids (Brittle Stars)
  • Echninoids (Sea Urchins)
    • Coronado or Crowned (black) sea urchin (Centrostephanus coronatus)
    • Red sea urchin (Strongylocentrotus franciscanus)
    • Purple sea urchin (Strongylocentrotus purpuratus)
    • Sea urchin tests
  • Holothuroidea (Sea Cucumbers)
    • Sea cucumber feeding tentacles
    • California sea cucumber (Parastichopus californicus)
    • Warty sea cucumber (Parastichopus parvimensis)
      • Warty sea cucumber #1
      • Warty sea cucumber behavior
        
• CHORDATA (Tunicates)
  • Tunicates
  • Social tunicate (Pycnoclavella stanleyi)
  • Light bulb tunicate (Clavelina huntsmani)
    
• THE MUTUAL EATING SOCIETY (invertebrates being eaten by other marine life)
  • "Table scraps" #1
  • "Table scraps" #2
  • Sea urchins being fed on by garibaldi
  • Sea cucumbers being fed on by garibaldi
  • Starfish being fed on by garibaldi
  • Sea hare being fed on by garibaldi
  • Kelp bass feeding on octopus carcass
  
  
  This page always under construction. Last updated October 23, 2001
  

This document maintained by Dr. Bill Bushing.
Material Copyright © 2001 Star Thrower Educational Multimedia