Rocky Shore Scientific Classification
By Phylum
Mollusca
Gastropods
• Periwinkle
• Paua
• Cat’s eye
• Dark top shell
• Duck’s bill
limpet
• Speckled whelk
• Green chiton
• Snakeskin chiton
• Violet chiton
• Ornate limpet
• Radiate limpet
• Black nerita
Bi-valves
• Mussels
Cephalopods
• Octopus
Echinodermata
•
•
•
•
•
Kina
Seven armed star
Eleven armed star
Brittle star
Cushion star
Porifera
•
•
Golf ball
sponge
Finger sponge
Chordata
Fish
• Rock fish
• Common triple fin
• Crested blenny
• Pot-bellied
Seahorse
Cnidaria
•
•
•
•
Camouflage
anemone
Wandering
anemone
Green anemone
Red beadlet
anemone
Arthropoda
Crustaceans
• Camouflage
crab
• Red rock crab
• Half crab
• Hermit crab
• Crayfish
• Glass shrimp
• Paddle crab
• Barnacle