Marine Life (186) – Alphabetical Index by Common Name

Agassiz’s Nudibranch, Felimare agassizii
Banded Brittle Star, Ophiocoma alexandri
Bat Star, Patiria miniata
Bay Ghost Shrimp, Neotrypaea californiensis
Black Spiny Brittle Star, Ophiocoma aethiops
Blainville’s Beaked Whale, Mesoplodon densirostris
Blue Button, Porpita porpita
Blue Shrimp, Penaeus stylirostris
Blue Whale, Balaenoptera musculus
Blunt End Sea Hare, Dolabella auricularia
Bradley’s Sea Star, Mithrodia bradleyi
Brown Gorgonian, Muricae fruticose
Brown Mantis Shrimp, Parasquilla similis
Brown Sea Cucumber, Isostichopus fuscus
Brown Sea Fan, Pacifigorgia Sp.
Brown Shrimp, Penaeus californiensis
Bumpy Orange Gorgonian, Eugorgia aurantica
By-the-Wind Sailor, Velella velella
California Acorn Barnacle, Megabalanus californicus
California Chromodorid, Felimare californiensis
California Flatworm, Hylocelis californica
California Golden Gorgonian, Muricea californica
California Sea Cucumber, Apostichopus californicus
California Sea Hare, Aplysia californica
California Sea Lion, Zalophus californianus
California Spiny Lobster, Panulirus interruptus
Cannonball Jellyfish, Stomolophus meleagris
Caribbean Reef Squid, Sepioteuthis sepioidea
Caribbean Slate Pencil Urchin, Eucidaris tribuloides
Cauliflower Coral, Pocillopora elegans
Channeled Sea Star, Tethyaster canaliculatus
Chocolate Chip Sea Star, Nidorellia armata
Chubby Simnia, Simnia avena
Clover Grass, Halophila decipiens
Colonial Zoanthid, Palythoa ignota
Common Bottlenose Dolphin, Tursiops truncatus
Coral Pistol Shrimp, Alpheus lottini
Cortez Barrel Shrimp, Gnathophyllum panamense
Crown-of-Thorns, Ancanthaster planci
Crowned Sea Urchin, Centrostephanus coronatus
Cushion Sea Urchin, Astropyga pulvinata
Cylindrica Salp, Iasis cylindrica
Dall’s Chromodorid, Chromolaichma dalli
Dall’s Porpoise, Phocoenoides dalli
Diguet’s Octopus, Paroctopus digueti
Diguet’s Warty Sea Slug, Pleurobranchus digueti
Eastern Pacific Red Octopus, Octopus rubescens
Eccentric Sand Dollar, Dendraster excentricus 
Elliptical Star Coral, Dichocoenia stokesi
Elongate Sea Pen, Stylatula elongata
Europacific Sea Biscuit, Clypeaster europacificus
False Killer Whale, Pseudorca crassidens
Fan Worm Worth Seeing, Sabellastarte spectabilis
Fish-eating Anemone, Urticina piscivore
Five-hole Sand Dollar, Mellita quinquiesperforata
Fleshy Sea Pen, Ptilosarcus undulatus
Flower Sea Urchin, Toxopneustes roseus
Fragile Sand Star, Astropecten fragilis
Fried-egg Jellyfish, Phacellophora camtschatica
Galapagos Black Coral, Antipathes galapagenis
Giant Caribbean Sea Anemone, Condylactis gigantea
Giant Christmas Tree Worm, Spirobranchus giganteus
Giant Fire Pyrosome, Pyrostremma spinosum
Giant Nudibranch, Dendronotus iris
Giant Spined Starfish, Pisaster giganteus
Glassell’s Lugworm, Arenicola glasselli
Gooseneck Barnacle, Pollicipes polymerus
Gray Whale, Eschrichtius robustus
Green Sea Turtle, Chelonia mydas
Green Spiny Lobster, Panulirus gracilis
Grooved Heart Urchin, Agassizia scrobiculata
Gulf Fireworm, Eurythoe complanata
Gulf Sun Star, Heliaster kubiniji
Harford’s Isopod, Cirolana harfordi
Hawksbill Sea Turtle, Eretmochelys imbricata
Hubbs’ Octopus, Octopus hubbsorum
Humboldt Squid, Dosidicus gigas
Humpback Whale, Megaptera novaeangliae
Impatient Sea Cucumber, Holothuria impatiens
Japonica Sea Mouse, Aphrodita japonica
Keeled Mud Lobster, Calocarides quinqueseriatus
Keeled Sea Star, Asteropsis carinifera
Killer Whale, Orcinus orca
Krill, North Pacific, Euphausia pacifica
Langosta Mantis Shrimp, Neogonodactylus oerstedii
Large-holed Sand Dollar, Encope grandis
Las Cruces Acolid, Phidiana lascrucensis
Leather Star,  Dermasterias imbricata
Leopard Sea Cucumber, Holothuria pardalis
Lined Sea Hare, Stylocheilus striatus
Long-armed River Prawn, Macrobrachium tenellum
Loggerhead Sea Turtle, Caretta caretta
Low-lying Sea Urchin, Tripneustes depressus
Luidia Columbia Sea Star, Luidia columbia
Manning Striped Mantis Shrimp, Lysiosquilla manningi
MacFarland’s Chromodorid, Felimida macfarlandi
Marcus’ Aeolid, Coryphellina marcusorum
Market Squid, Doryteuthis opalscens
Mexican Aphrodita Worm, Aphrodita mexicana
Mexican Dancer, Elysia diomedea
Mexican Skirt Dancer, Pseudoceros mexicanus
Mimic Dorid, Baptodoris mimetica
Multi-colored Brittle Star, Ophioderma variegatum
Navanax, Navanax inermis
Nine-armed Sea Star, Luidia senegalensis
Norris’ Chromodorid, Felimida norrisi
Obese Heart Urchin, Brissus obesus
Ochre Starfish, Pisaster ochraceous
*Orange Blob, Berthelina ilisima
*Orange Gorgonian, Adelgorgia phyllosclera
Orange Tubastraea, Tubastraea coccinea
Pacific Black Sea Turtle, Chelonia mydas agassizii
*Pacific Harbor Seal, Phoca vitulina richardii
Pacific Moon Jellyfish, Aurelia labiate
Pacific Sea Nettle, Chrysaora fuscescens
Pacific Tube Anemone, Pachycerianthus fimbriatus
Pacific White-sided Dolphin, Largenorhynchus obliquidens
Panamic Basket Star, Astrodictyum panamense
Panamic Cushion Star, Pentaceraster cumingi
Panamic Fan Worm, Parasabella rugosa
Panamic Slipper Lobster, Evibacus princeps
*Pantropical Spotted Dolphin, Stenella attenuata
Peacock Mantis Shrimp, Hemisquilla californiensis
*Pelagic Goose Barnacle, Lepas anerifera
*Perplexing Sea Urchin, Hesperocidaris perplexa
*Peruvian Sand Star, Astropecten peruvianus
*Pinto Spiny Lobster, Panulirus inflatus
*Porter’s Chromodorid, Felimida porterae
*Portuguese Man-of-war, Physalia physalia
*Prickly Sea Star, Paulia horrida
*Purple Sea Pansy, Renilla amethystina
*Purple Urchin, Strongylocentrus purpuratus
*Pyramid Sea Star, Pharia pyramidata
*Radiant Squat Lobster, Munida refulgens
*Red Epizoanthid, Epizoanthus Sp.
*Red Sea Fan, Gorgonia Sp.
*Ringed Brittle Star, Ophionereis annulata
*Rock Slipper Lobster, Scyllarides astori
*Rose Coral, Manicina areolata
*Rough-toothed Dolphin, Steno bredaneisis
*Rudis Brittle Star, Ophiothrix rudis
*San Diego Dorid, Dianulula sandiegensis
*Sea Biscuit, Clypeaster Sp.
*Sea-clown Nudibranch, Triopha catalinae
*Sedna, Glossodoris sedna
Sharp-point Fish Clinger, Nerocila acuminata
*Shoal Grass, Halodule wrightii
*Short-finned Pilot Whale, Globicephalus macrorhynchus
*Slate Pencil Urchin, Eucidaris thouarsii
*Slimy Slug, Tambja abdere
*Small-holed Sand Dollar, Encope micropore
Southern Sea Palm, Eisenia arborea
*Spanish Shawl, Flabellinopsis iodinea
*Speckled Flatworm, Pseudoceros bajae
*Spiny Basket Sea Star, Astrocaneum spinosum
Stelloides Sea Anemone, Isoaulactinia stelloides
Sun Anemone, Stichodactyla helianthus
Sunburst Anemone, Anthopleura sola
Sunflower Star, Pycnopodia helianthoides
Sweet Potato Sea Cucumber, Caudina arenicola
Tamarask Sea Star, Linckia columbiae
Tan Sea Star, Phataria unifascialis
Target Rock Shrimp, Sicyonia penicillata
Texotli Blue Sponge, Amphimedon texotli
Thin-spined Sea Star, Echinaster tenuispina
Three-lined Aeolid, Orienthella trilineata
Tiburon Mantis Shrimp, Squilla tiburonensis
Twin-sailed Salp, Thetys vagina
Van Brunt’s Sea Urchin, Echinometra vanbrunti
Veligero Octopus, Octopus veligero
Verrill’s Two-spot Octopus, Octopus bimaculatus
Volcano Barnacle, Tetraclita stalactifer
Vulgaris Fish-Gill Isopod, Elthusa vulgaris
Warty Sea Cucumber, Apostichopus parvimensis
West Indian Sea Egg, Tripneustes ventricosus
Western Rock Louse, Ligia occidentalis
White Epizoanthid, Epizoanthus Sp.
White Gorgonian, Leptagorgia alba
*White Gorgonian, Muricea Sp.
Yellow-bellied Sea Snake, Hydrophis platurus
Yellow Gorgonian, Eugorgia almpla
Yellow Sea Fan, Pacifigorgia sp.
Zebra Worm, Baseodiscus mexicanus