Scientific name 



Table 1. Master species list for Rincon Island. — Continued. 



Occurrence during present study 

 Common name North West South East 



PHYLUM ECTOPROCTA 



Antropora tincta 

 Bugula neritina 

 Crisia occidentalis 

 Diaperoecia californica 

 Filicrisia franciscana 

 Lagenipora punctulata 

 Hippothoa hyalina 

 Membranipo^a wembranacea 

 M. savarti^ 

 M. tuberculata 

 Phidolopora pacifica 

 Rhyncozoon Tostratum 

 Scrupocellaria diegensis 

 Smittina sp.^ 

 Thalamorporella californica^ 



MOSS ANIMALS 



Unid. encrusting ectoprocts 

 Unid. ectoproct #1 

 Unid. yellow ectoproct 



PHYLUM ECHINODERMATA 



CLASS ASTEROIDEA ^ 

 Astropecten armatas 

 Patiria miniata 

 Pisaster brevispinus 

 P. giganteus 

 P. ochraceus 

 P. sp. (juv.) 

 Solaster dawsoni^ 



SEASTARS, URCHINS, 

 BRITTLE STARS, 

 CUCUMBERS 



SEASTARS 



Sand starfish 



Bat star 



Pink seastar 



Giant seastar 



Ochre seastar 



Sunburst starfish 



CLASS ECHINOIDEA 

 Lytechinus pictus 

 Strongylocentrotus franciscanus 

 S. purpuratus 



URCHINS 

 Pale urchin 

 Red urchin 

 Purple urchin 



CLASS OPHIUROIDEA 



Ophiopsilla californica 

 Ophiopteris papulosa^ 

 Ophlothrix spiculata 

 Unid. ophiuroid 



BRITTLE STARS 

 Brittle star 



CLASS HOLOTHUROIDEA 

 Cucumaria sp.^ 

 Dermasterias imbricata^ 

 Eupentacta quinquesemita^ 

 Parastichopus californicus/ 



P. parvimensis^ 

 Unid. holothuroid 

 Unid. burrowing holothuroid 



SEA CUCUMBERS 

 Sea cucumber 

 Leather star 

 Yellow sea cucumber 



PHYLUM CHORDATA 

 CLASS ASCIDIACEA 



cf. Amaroucium californicum 

 Aplidium californicum 

 Boltenia villosa 

 Chelyosoma productum^ 

 Cystodytes lobatus^ 

 Didemnujn carnulentum 

 Pyura haustor 



CHORDATES 



TUNICATES (Sea squirts) 



Simple sea squirt 

 Compound sea squirt 



See footnotes at end of table. 



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