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Tetrapygus niger is a species of sea urchin in the order Camarodonta, found in the eastern Pacific Ocean along the western coast of South America. It is distributed from Peru to Chile, where it inhabits shallow, rocky intertidal and subtidal zones. The species is black in color and is commonly known...
Octopus chierchiae is a small octopus species of the family Octopodidae found in the tropical eastern Pacific, including waters off Central America and northern South America. It is notable among cephalopods for iteroparity: females can lay multiple clutches of eggs during their lives instead of rep...
Mellita notabilis is a species of keyhole sand dollar, a type of flattened sea urchin belonging to the echinoderm family Mellitidae. Like other members of its genus, it is distinguished by its characteristic lunules, which are slots or holes that pass completely through its skeletal test. This marin...
Eucidaris thouarsii is a species of slate-pencil sea urchin belonging to the family Cidaridae, described by Louis Agassiz and L. R. Desor in 1846. It inhabits the eastern Pacific Ocean, with a geographic range extending from the Gulf of California down to Panama. This reef-dwelling echinoid is chara...
Mellita longifissa is a species of irregular echinoid, commonly known as a sand dollar, belonging to the family Mellitidae. It is distinguished by its noticeably elongated posterior lunule, a keyhole-shaped opening in the organism's flattened test. This marine invertebrate is native to the Eastern P...
Meoma grandis is a species of large, irregular heart urchin found in the eastern Pacific Ocean. Originally described by John Edward Gray in 1851, it is closely related to, and often treated as a subspecies of, Meoma ventricosa. These marine invertebrates live buried in sandy sea beds, where they use...
Encope grandis is an irregular sea urchin commonly described as a sand dollar and classified in the family Mellitidae. It inhabits shallow marine environments of the eastern Pacific, where its flattened body is adapted to living on or partly beneath sandy seabeds. Openings in its test, often called...
Lovenia cordiformis is an eastern Pacific heart urchin described by A. Agassiz in 1872 and recorded from sandy seafloors off California and Mexico.
Hesperocidaris panamensis is a pencil urchin native to the eastern Pacific Ocean, distinguished by its thick primary spines and its localized distribution within the Gulf of California.
Conolampas diomedeae is a deep-water echinolampadid sea urchin named by Alexander Agassiz and notable as the representative species of his 1883 genus.
Dosidicus gigas, the Humboldt squid, is a large aggressive predator of the eastern Pacific's Humboldt Current, reaching 1.5 m and caught in major South American fisheries.
An octopus species native to the Pacific coast of South America, described from Peruvian waters, where it inhabits shallow coastal and rocky reef environments.
A small Indo-Pacific octopus named for its prominent ocellus (eye-spot) markings near the mantle, found across tropical reef and shallow coastal habitats.
Arbacia stellata is the black starry sea urchin, a Blainville 1825 eastern Pacific species recorded from California and other warm-temperate shores.
The jewel moray (Muraena lentiginosa) is a marine eel found in the eastern Pacific Ocean, notable for the brilliant white spots flecking its dark, slender body.
A Pacific octopus described by Berry in 1911, distinguished by notably smooth skin texture, a feature directly referenced in its Greek-derived name meaning 'smooth-skinned'.
Brissus gigas is New Zealand's giant heart urchin, described by H. B. Fell in 1947; a specimen collected in 2009 measured 193 millimetres.
An Indo-Pacific octopus whose name 'jubatus' (crested or maned) reflects its distinctive raised skin papillae and textured projections over the head and mantle.
Eastern Pacific octopus found in Mexican coastal waters, including areas around the Baja California peninsula and the Gulf of California.
Small western Pacific octopus named after Selene, the Greek goddess of the moon, found in shallow coastal and intertidal marine habitats.
The Pacific green spiny lobster (Panulirus gracilis) is a spiny lobster distributed along the eastern Pacific coast from Mexico to Peru, commonly found in shallow rocky reef habitats and harvested in artisanal fisheries.
The Pacific slipper lobster, Evibacus princeps, is a solitary marine crustacean inhabiting the eastern Pacific Ocean from Mexico to Peru and is the sole recognized species in its genus.
The yellow snake eel is a marine fish belonging to the family Ophichthidae, first described by Jordan and Evermann in 1887 and native to the eastern Pacific Ocean.
The Panama moray (Gymnothorax panamensis) is an eel endemic to the eastern Pacific Ocean, notably cataloged by the Austrian zoologist Franz Steindachner in 1876.
The fine-spotted moray (Gymnothorax dovii) is a marine fish found in the eastern Pacific Ocean, distinguished by its yellow body covered in small dark spots.
The grey moray is a shallow-water reef fish distributed across the Indo-Pacific, recognized by its drab grey coloration and speckled small spots.
Lolliguncula panamensis, the Panama brief squid, is a small coastal loliginid of the eastern Pacific, distributed along the Central and South American Pacific shoreline.
Steindachner's moray (Gymnothorax steindachneri) is an Indo-Pacific moray eel named after Austrian ichthyologist Franz Steindachner (1834–1919), prolific in fish taxonomy.
