ALGAE
Dictyosphaeria sp. | Padina sp. – leafy alga. |
Halimeda sp. Calcareous alga (green) | Lithophyllum sp. – calcareous alga (pink) |
Cystoseira sp. | Galaxaura sp. – red alga in Rhodophyta group |
Colpomenia sp. (puffy green-brown alga) | Jania sp. – similar to Galaxaura. |
CORALS
Goniastrea aspera (honeycomb coral) | Acropora millepora (bushy staghorn coral) | Platygyra sinensis (brain coral) |
G. favulus (honeycomb, similar to brain coral) | A. pulchra (staghorn coral) | P. daedela (brain coral) |
Favites abida (honeycomb) | A. hyacinthus (plating staghorn coral) | Symphyllia sp. (brain coral, large corallites) |
Leptastrea sp. (flat honeycomb pattern) | A. selago (bushy staghorn coral) | Plesiastrea versipora (widest latitudinal distribution of any coral) |
Porites sp. (golf ball coral) | Galaxea astreata (star coral) | Goniopora sp. (long tentacles, sensitive to touch) |
Montipora aequituberculata | Turbinaria sp. (large polyps) | Coeloseris mayeri |
M. tortuosa (branching coral, round branches) | Turbinaria sp. (small polyps) | Sinularia sp. – soft coral |
M. digitata (branching coral, spatulate branches) | Pavona venosa |
and the rest …
PLATYHELMINTHES (flatworms) | Gastropoda (cont’d from previous column) |
Marine flatworm (order Polycladida) | Conus textile – Textile cone (shell only) |
ANNELIDA (segmented worms) | Trochus sp. – Trochus shell (shell only) |
Terrebellid or bristle worm (class Polychaeta) | Cypraea arabica – Cowrie (shell only) |
Chaetopterus sp. Parchment worm (class Polychaeta) | Cephalopoda (octopus, squid, cuttlefish etc) |
CRUSTACEA (Crabs, lobsters, crayfish etc) | Octopus sp. |
Hermit crab (order Decapoda) | ECHINODERMATA |
BRACHIOPODA | Holothuroidea (sea cucumbers) |
Lingula anatina | Holothuria leucospilota |
MOLLUSCA | Bohadschia sp.? |
Bivalvia (clams, shellfish etc) | Synapta maculata |
Tridacna crocea – blue clam | Ophiuroidea (brittle and basket stars) |
Chama sp. Jewel box clam (family Chamidae) | Brittlestar (genus and sp. unknown) |
Atrina sp. (family Pinnidae) shell only | Echinoidea (sea urchins) |
Pinna sp. (family Pinnidae) shell only | Breynia sp.? (pink sea urchin) |
Anadura trapezia – Ark shell, shell only | Sand dollar – order Clypeasteroida |
Gastropoda (snails and slugs) | CHORDATA |
Melo sp. Bailer shell (live) | Order Rajiformes (skates and rays) Unidentified ray |
Nassarius coronatus (live) | Order Aguilliformes (eels) Gymnothorax favagineus – laced moray eel |