MARINE INVERTEBRATES

            
Click for larger image (photos by Keoki Stender)

Marine invertebrates include a number of very different types of animals: crabs, shrimp, lobsters, clams, sea urchins, starfish, snails, worms, and many others.  These animals make up many of the species that make the coral reefs of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands such a diverse and interesting ecosystem.

October 11, 2000 - WHAT ARE SPONGES?

Sponges are the most primitive of multicellular animals (metazoa). They have a cellular grade, which means they have no true tissues... (complete article)

Marine Invertebrate Links

• Bishop Museum Databases
  
  
• Bishop Museum Page with
  Hawaiian names of Marine
  Invertebrates
  
  
• Hawaii DLNR Shellfish
  Regulations Page
  
  
• Coral Reef Network Page

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