Coral reefs are iconic, threatened ecosystems that have been in existence for∼ 500 million
years, yet their continued ecological persistence seems doubtful at present. Anthropogenic …

A total of 68 species of anomuran and 284 living species of brachyuran crabs are listed as
reliably occurring in the Hawaiian Islands. These figures include 12 species of brachyurans …

Hydroides brachyacantha Rioja, 1941, an important fouling serpulid species originally
described from Mazatlán (Southern Gulf of California, Mexico) and Acapulco (southern …

Forty-two species of hydroids, excluding stylasterids, are reported in the present collection
from the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. Of these, four are anthoathecates and 38 are …

This report is based on a small collection of hydroids from the Hawaiian Islands, in the
central Pacific Ocean. Most of the examined material was obtained by staff of the Bernice …

Coral reefs at Kaua 'i, O 'ahu, Moloka 'i, Maui, and Hawai 'i were surveyed using a rapid
assessment method for marine nonindigenous and cryptogenic species commonly found in …

The bryozoan Amathia (= Zoobotryon) verticillata was found near the northern entrance to
the Port of Kaohsiung in November 2015 and is the first record from Taiwan. This bryozoan …

The establishment of the redclaw crayfish (Cherax quadricarinatus) populations was
investigated in the coastal plain of San Blas, Nayarit State, Mexico. Two sampling …

Construction of breakwaters provides an engineering solution for coastal protection.
However, little effort has been made toward understanding the ecological impact on local …

Previously nine species belonging to the crustacean order Tanaidacea have been
described from Hawaiian waters. Specimens of a new metapseudid tanaidacean …