Below is the list of invertebrates and algae species that are monitored as part of REEF's Volunteer Fish Survey Project in the South Atlantic States. 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 2013

PORIFERA

  • Brown Finger Sponge, Axinella pomponiae
  • Chicken Liver Sponge, Chondrilla nucula
  • Scattered Pore Rope Sponge, Aplysina fulva
  • Branching Vase Sponge, Callyspongia vaginalis
  • Stinker Sponge, Ircinia felix
  • Stinker Vase Sponge, Ircinia campana
  • Yellow Fan Sponge, Axinella waltonsmithi

CNIDARIA

  • Hidden Cup Coral, Phyllangia americana
  • Ivory Coral spp., Oculina spp.
  • Knobby Star Coral, Solenastrea hyades
  • Regal Sea Fan, Leptogorgia hebes
  • Sea Fingers, Titanideum frauenfeldii
  • Sea Whip, Leptogorgia virgulata
  • White Eye Sea Spray, Thesea nivea
  • Armored Anemone, Anthopleura carneola
  • Giant Anemone, Condylactis gigantea
  • Tube Anemone, Ceriantheopsis americanus
  • Cannonball Jelly, Stomolophus meleagris
  • Lion's Mane Jelly, Cyanea capillata
  • Moon Jelly, Aurelia aurita

ANNELIDA

  • Christmas Tree Worm, Spirobranchus giganteus
  • Variegated Feather Duster Worm, Bispira variegata

BRYOZOA

  • Staghorn Bryozoan, Schizoporella floridana

ARTHROPODA

  • Florida Stone Crab, Menippe mercenaria
  • Spanish Slipper Lobster, Scyllarides aequinoctialis
  • Caribbean Spiny Lobster, Panulirus argus
  • Yellowline Arrow Crab, Stenorhynchus seticornis
  • Black Sea Spider, Anoplodactylus lentus
  • Giant Hermit Crab, Petrochirus diogenes

MOLLUSCA

  • Banded Tulip Snail, Fasciolaria hunteria
  • Western Dondice, Dondice occidentalis
  • Common Octopus, Octopus vulgaris
  • Florida Royal Sea Goddess, Hypselodoris edenticulata
  • Florida Horse Conch, Pleuroploca gigantea
  • Knobbed Whelk, Busycon carica

UROCHORDATA

  • Gray Capsule Tunicate, Eudistoma capsulatum
  • Rough Sea Squirt, Styela plicata
  • Sea Pork, Aplidium stellatum
  • Social Tunicate, Symplegma spp *(Presence/Absence)

ECHINODERMATA

  • Small Spine Sea Star, Echinaster spinulosus
  • Caribbean Basket Star, Astrophyton muricatum
  • Three-rowed Sea Cucumber, Isostichopus badionotus
  • Common Sea Star, Asterias forbesi
  • Gray Sea Star, Luidia clathrata
  • Brown-striped Brittle Star, Asteroporpa annulata
  • Purple Sea Urchin, Arbacia punctulata
  • Variegated Sea Urchin, Lytechinus variegatus

ALGAE

  • Dead Man's Fingers spp., Codium spp.
  • Flat Green Feather Algae, Caulerpa mexicana
  • Sargussum spp., Sargassum spp.
  • Sea Lettuce spp., Ulva spp.