List of marine/estuarine invertebrates of Uttara Kannada
Phylum Porifera (sponges)
- Leucosolenia like sp : Rare, from Dhareshwar beach
- Aplysina like sp (yellow sponge) : At many rocky beaches
Phylum Coelenterata
- Metridium sp. (sea anemone) : At many rocky beaches
- Zoanthus sp. : Scanty; rocky beaches of Dhareshwar & Kasarkod
- Cerianthus sp. : Very rare, rocky beach, Dhareshwar
Phylum Annelida
- Neries spp. : Rare; rocky beaches
Tubiculous worms : Rocky beaches
Phylum Arthropoda
- Balanus spp. (Rock barnacle) : Widespread on rocky beaches
- Eupagurus sp. (Hermit crab) : Rocky sand-filled channels; widespread
- (Kan: Sanyasi edi )
- Paguristes incomitatus (Hermit crab): Karwar coast, new record (Nayak et al, 2000)
- Clibannarius padavensis (H. crab) : -do-
- C. infraspinatus (H. crab) : -do-
- C. arethusa (H. crab) : -do-
- C. aequabilis (H. crab) : -do-
- Diogenes diogenes (H. crab) : -do-
- D. affinis (H. crab) : -do-
- D. planimanus : -do-
- D. violaceous (H. crab) : -do-
- D. miles (H. crab) : -do-
- D. sp. A and B (H. crabs) : New sps under report (Nayak, et al, 2000)
- D. avarus (H. crab) : -do-
- Dardanus setifer (H. crab) : -do-
- D. manaarensis (H. crab) : -do-
- Pagurus kulkarnii (H. crab) : -do-
- Petrolisthes coccineus (Crab) : Karwar coast -rare (Paul et al, 2000)
- P. rufescens (Crab) : -do- First report from India
- P. boscii (Crab) : Karwar- first report from Karnataka coast
- P. lamackii (Crab) : -do-
- Porcellana ornata (Crab) : -do-
- P. gravelei (Crab) : -do-
- Pachycheles natalensis (Crab) : -do-
- Polyonyx loimicola (Crab) : -do-
- Rhapidopus indicus (Crab) : -do-
- Alpheus sp. A (Prawn) : New sp. Karwar coast (Bhuti et al, 2000)
- Alphaeus sp. B (Prawn) : -do-
- A. splendidus (Prawn) : Karwar coast
- A. malabaricus (Prawn) : -do-
- A. prox. sereni (Prawn) : -do-
- A. pacificus (Prawn) : -do-
- A. lobidens (Prawn) : -do-
- A. edwardsii (Prawn) : -do-
- A. inopinatus? (Prawn) : -do-
- Synalpheus sp (Prawn) : -do- new report from India
- Automate sp. (Prawn) : -do- new report from India
- Athanas 1 (Prawn) : Karwar coast- new report from West Coast
- Leanderrites celebensis (Prawn) : -do- (Jagadisha et al, 2000)
- Palaemon belindae (Prawn) : -do-
- P. pacificus (Prawn) : -do-
- P. serrifer (Prawn) : -do-
- P. debilis (Prawn) : -do-
- P. semmilinki (Prawn) : -do-
- Nematopalaemon tenuipes (Prawn) : -do-
- Macrobrachium equidens (Prawn) : -do-
- M. idella (Prawn) : -do-
- M. rosenbergi (Prawn) : -do-
- Periclimenes andamanensis (Prawn) : -do-
- P. elegans (Prawn) : -do-
- P. obscurus (Prawn) : -do-
- Exhippolysmata ensirostris (Prawn) : -do-
- Hippolyte ventricosa (Prawn) : -do-
- Lysmata vittata (Prawn) : -do-
- Processa barnardi (Prawn) : -do-
- Philocheras parvirostris (Prawn) : -do-
Phylum Mollusca
- Haliotis spp. : Rare, rocky beach of Dhareshwar
- Diodora funiculata (limpet) : Rocky beaches
- D. lima (limpet) (Kan: Kode chippu ) : Rare but widespread
- D. bombayana : Rare, rocky beaches of Dhareshwar & Belekeri
- Diadora sp. : Rocky beaches
- Clypidina notata (limpet) : Rocky beaches, rare.
- Cellana cernica (limpet) : Rocky beaches, Belekeri & Dhareshwar- rare
- C. rota ( limpet) : Rocky beaches, bellikeri & Dhareshwar
- C. radiata radiata : Rocky beach, Dhareshwar
- Euchelus asper : Rocky beach, Dhareshwar - rare.
- Nerita albicilla : Rocky beaches, rare but widespread
- N. dombeyi : Rocky beaches of Kumta, Dhareshwar- rare.
- N. leguillovana : Rocky beach, Kumta- rare
- N. pulchella : Rocky beaches- widespread
- N. polita : Rocky beaches of Kumta, Dhareshwar- rare
- N. plicata : Rocky beach of Dhareshwar -rare
- Littorina undulata : Many rocky beaches- rare
- Nodlittornia pyramidalis pyramidalis : Many rocky beaches
- Planaxis sulcatus : Many rocky beaches
- Cerithium siphonatum : Rocky beaches- rare
- C. clypemorus : Many rocky beaches
- C. morus : Many rocky beaches
- C. rubus : Rocky beach of Kumta - rare
- Clypemorus batillarieformis : Rocky beach of Dhareshwar- rare
- Vermetus sp. : Many rocky beaches
- Gyrineum natator : Rocky beaches- rare
- Thais lacera : Rocky beaches- rare
- T. bufo : Rocky beaches- rare
- T. rudolfi : Rocky beaches- Kumta & Dhareshwar- rare
- T. blanfordi : Rocky beaches- Binaga & Dhareshwar- rare
- Purpura panama : Rocky beaches, Belekeri & Dhareshwar- rare
- Manicinella buffo : Rocky beaches - scanty
- Morula granulata : Rocky beaches
- Crassostera sp. (Kan: Kalva ) : Rocky beaches, edible.
- Perna sp. (Mussel) : Rocky beaches, edible
- Note: One more bivalve species is yet to be identified.
- References for Molluscs: Ravi Hegde, 1998. Department of Zoology, Karnatak University, Dharwad
