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Appendix 1 
Annotated Checklist Of California Cave Fauna 
Records without citations are unpublished data from this study. Most sight records are designated with an asterisk (*). See 
Appendix 2 for list of biological sites listed by county, island, site type, name, and synonyms 
KINGDOM ANIMALIA 
PHYLUM PORIFERA (sponges) 
Undetermined 
Records: Mendocino Co.: *Cave of Lost Soles; *Hitchhiker Cave. San Francisco Co.: Farallon Islands: * Jewel Cave 
(more than 20 species). San Luis Obispo Co.: *Cave-in-Rock. Santa Barbara Co.: Santa Cruz Island: *H Cave; *Lady’s 
Harbor Cave; *Little Scorpion Bay Cave No. 4; *Mussel Cave; *Point Arguello Cove East Cave; *Point Arguello Cove 
West Cave; *Seastack Cave; *Seal Canyon Cave; *Sponge Cave; *Varicolored Sponge Cave. *Surging “T” Cave. Santa 
Cruz Co.: *Mussel Cave; *Technicolor Dream Cave; *Whale of a Cave. Ventura Co.: Anacapa Island: *Catacombs Cave; 
*Cathedral Cave; *Cliff Chasm Cave; *Treasure Chest Cave; *Urchin’s Lair Cave. 
Bibliography: Bosted (1991a, 2000); Bunnell (1982, 1988b, 1988c, 1989b, 1990, 1993a, 1993b, 1994, 1998, 1999a, 1999b, 
2000a); Bunnell and Vesely (1986, 1990); Danehy (1952), Halliday (1962); Orr, P.C. (1951b, 1952b); Vesely and Bunnell 
(1985). 
Acanthancora sp. (blue sponge) (marine) 
Records: Santa Barbara Co.: Santa Cruz Island: *Diablo Anchorage Cave. 
Bibliography: Bunnell and Vesely (1983a); Henderson (1983). 
CLASS DEMOSPONGIAE 
ORDER TETRACTINELLIDA 
Family Ancorinidae 
Stelletta sp. (white sponge) (marine) 
Records: Santa Barbara Co.: Santa Cruz Island: *Diablo Anchorage Cave. 
Bibliography: Bunnell and Vesely (1983a); Henderson (1983). 
ORDER POECILOSCLERIDA 
Family Microcionidae 
Ophlitaspongia sp. (marine) 
Records: San Francisco Co.: Farallon Islands: *Low Arch Cave. 
Comment: This species was found 25 m from the entrance. 
PHYLUM BRYOZOA 
Undetermined 
Record: San Luis Obispo Co.: *Nudibranch Cave. 
Bibliography: Vesely (1987, 1991). 
PHYLUM CNIDARIA (jellyfishes, anemones, corals, hydrozoans) 
CLASS HYDROZOA 
ORDER ANTHOMEDUSAE (jellyfish) 
Undetermined 
Record: Santa Barbara Co.: Santa Cruz Island: *Cave of the Bird’s Eggs. 
Bibliography: Bunnell (1988b, 1993b, 1999a). 
Family Porpitidae 
Velella velella (Linnaeus) (by-the-wind sailor jellyfish) (marine) 
Record: Marin Co.: *Faulty Jellyfish Cave. 
Bibliography: Rogers (2010e, 201 Of). 
