Below is the list of invertebrates and algae species that are monitored as part of REEF's Volunteer Fish Survey Project in California. For most species, the count data is: Single (1), Few (2-10), Many (11-100), Abundant (>100). For some species, a simple Presence / Absence count is used. (they are noted below)
List of Species Monitored Since 2006
ANNELIDA
- Christmas Tree Worm -- Spirobranchus spinosus
- Colonial Sand-Tube Worms -- Phragmatopoma californica
- Feather Duster Worm -- Eudistylia polymorpha
ARTHROPODA
- 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
BRYOZOA
- Fluted Bryozoan -- Primavelans insculpta
- Lacy Bryozoan -- Phidolopora labiata
- Northern Staghorn Bryozoan -- Heteropora pacifica
- Southern Staghorn Bryozoan -- Diaperoecia californica
CNIDARIA
- Strawberry Anemone -- Corynactis californica *(Presence/Absence)
- Tube-Dwelling Anemone -- Pachycerianthus fimbriatus
- White-Spotted Anemone -- Urticina lofotensis
- Brown Gorgonian -- Muricea fruticosa
- California Golden Gorgonian -- Muricea californica
- Orange Cup Coral -- Balanophyllia elegans
- Purple Hydrocoral -- Stylaster californicus
- Red Gorgonian -- Leptogorgia chilensis
ECHINODERMATA
- California Sea Cucumber -- Parastichopus californicus
- Warty Sea Cucumber -- Parastichopus parvimensis
- Bat Star -- Asterina miniata
- Giant Spined Star -- Pisaster giganteus
- Leather Star -- Dermasterias imbricata
- Spiny Brittlestar -- Ophiothrix spiculata
- Sunflower Star -- Pycnopodia helianthoides
- Crowned Urchin -- Centrostephanus coronatus
- Eccentric Sand Dollar -- Dendraster excentricus
- Purple Urchin -- Strongylocentrotus purpuratus
- Red Urchin -- Strongylocentrotus franciscanus
- White Urchin -- Lytechinus anamesus
MOLLUSCA
- Opalescent Nudibranch -- Hermissenda crassicornis
- Red Sea Hare -- Aplysia californica
- San Diego Dorid -- Diaulula sandiegensis
- Sea Lemon -- Peltodoris nobilis
- Spanish Shawl -- Flabellina iodinea
- Red Octopus -- Octopus rubescens
- Two-Spot Octopus -- Octopus bimaculatus
- Chesnut Cowry -- Cypraea spadicea
- Giant Keyhole Limpet -- Megathura crenulata
- Kellet's Whelk -- Kelletia kelletii
- Lewis' Moon Snail -- Euspira lewisii
- Red Turban Snail -- Lithopoma gibberosum
- Wavy Turban Snail -- Lithopoma undosum
- Green Abalone -- Haliotis fulgens
- Pink Abalone -- Haliotis corrugata
- Red Abalone -- Haliotis rufescens
- Gumboot Chiton -- Cryptochiton stelleri
- Rock Scallop -- Crassedoma giganteum
PORIFERA
- Cobalt Sponge -- Hymenamphiastra cyanocrypta *(Presence/Absence)
- Orange Puffball Sponge -- Tethya aurantia
- Red Volcano Sponge -- Acarnus erithacus
UROCHORDATA
- Club Tunicate (non-native) -- Styela clava
- Light-Bulb Tunicate -- Clavelina huntsmani
- Stalked Tunicate -- Styela montereyensis
ALGAE
- Asian Kelp Wakame (non-native)** -- 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
- **For more information on the invasive wakame kelp, visit the Undaria fact page.