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Invertebrates
<em>Actinothoe sphyrodeta</em> Common name: Sandalled anemone

Provenance: West of Portugal

Collection method: hand caught while scuba diving

Husbandry: easy

Photo: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/nunovascorodrigues/" target="_blank"><u>Nuno Vasco Rodrigues</u></a>
Actinothoe sphyrodeta
<em>Aiptasia mutabilis</em> Common name: Trumpet anemone

Provenance: West of Portugal

Collection method: hand caught while scuba diving

Husbandry: easy

Photo: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/nunovascorodrigues/" target="_blank"><u>Nuno Vasco Rodrigues</u></a>
Aiptasia mutabilis
<em>Alicia mirabilis</em> Common name: Berried anemone

Provenance: West of Portugal

Collection method: hand caught while scuba diving

Husbandry: easy

Photo: José Alberto
Alicia mirabilis
<em>Anemonia viridis</em> Common name: Snakelocks anemone

Provenance: West of Portugal

Collection method: hand caught

Husbandry: easy

Photo: José Alberto
Anemonia viridis
<em>Charonia</em> sp. Common name: Triton

Provenance: West of Portugal, Azores and Madeira Islands

Collection method: hand caught while scuba diving

Husbandry: easy

Photo: José Alberto
Charonia sp.
<em>Ciona intestinalis</em> Common name: Large sea squirt

Provenance: West of Portugal

Collection method: hand caught while scuba diving

Husbandry: easy

Photo: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/nunovascorodrigues/" target="_blank"><u>Nuno Vasco Rodrigues</u></a>
Ciona intestinalis
<em>Clavelina lepadiformis</em> Common name: Light bulb sea squirt

Provenance: West of Portugal

Collection method: hand caught while scuba diving

Husbandry: easy

Photo: José Alberto
Clavelina lepadiformis
<em>Corynactis viridis</em> Common name: Jewel anemone

Provenance: West of Portugal

Collection method: hand caught while scuba diving

Husbandry: easy

Photo: José Alberto
Corynactis viridis
<em>Coscinasterias tenuispina</em> Common name: Sea-star

Provenance: West of Portugal, Azores and Madeira Islands

Collection method: hand caught while scuba diving

Husbandry: easy

Photo: José Alberto
Coscinasterias tenuispina
<em>Dardanus</em> sp. Common name: Hermit crab

Provenance: Azores Islands

Collection method: hand caught while scuba diving

Husbandry: easy

Photo: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/nunovascorodrigues/" target="_blank"><u>Nuno Vasco Rodrigues</u></a>
Dardanus sp.
<em>Discodoris atromaculata</em> Common name: Dotted sea slug

Provenance: West of Portugal and Madeira Islands

Collection method: hand caught while scuba diving

Husbandry: never tried before; eeds on sponges namely <em>Petrosia ficiformis</em>.


Photo: José Alberto
Discodoris atromaculata
<em>Echinaster sepositus</em> Common name: Red starfish

Provenance: West of Portugal and Azores Islands

Collection method: hand caught

Husbandry: easy

Photo: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/nunovascorodrigues/" target="_blank"><u>Nuno Vasco Rodrigues</u></a>
Echinaster sepositus
<em>Eriphia verrucosa</em> Common name: Warty crab 

Provenance: West of Portugal

Collection method: hand caught

Husbandry: easy

Photo: José Alberto
Eriphia verrucosa
<em>Eunicella verrucosa</em> Common name: Pink sea fan

Provenance: West of Portugal

Collection method: hand caught

Husbandry: easy

Photo: José Alberto
Eunicella verrucosa
<em>Flabellina babai</em> Common name: White flabellina

Provenance: West of Portugal

Collection method: hand caught

Husbandry: easy

Photo: José Alberto
Flabellina babai
<em>Galathea strigosa</em> Common name: Red squat lobster

Provenance: West of Portugal

Collection method: hand caught

Husbandry: easy

Photo: José Alberto
Galathea strigosa
<em>Haliotis tuberculata</em> Common name: Abalone

Provenance: West of Portugal

Collection method: hand caught

Husbandry: easy

Photo: José Alberto
Haliotis tuberculata
<em>Hermodice carunculata</em> Common name: Bearded fireworm

Provenance: Azores and Madeira Islands

Collection method: hand caught

Husbandry: easy

Photo: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/nunovascorodrigues/" target="_blank"><u>Nuno Vasco Rodrigues</u></a>
Hermodice carunculata
<em>Hinia reticulata</em> Common name: Netted dog whelk

Provenance: West of Portugal

Collection method: hand caught

Husbandry: easy

Photo: José Alberto
Hinia reticulata
<em>Holothuria forskali</em> Common name: Sea cucumber

Provenance: West of Portugal

Collection method: hand caught

Husbandry: easy

Photo: José Alberto
Holothuria forskali
<em>Holothuria sanctori</em> Common name: Sea cucumber

Provenance: Azores and Madeira Islands

Collection method: hand caught

Husbandry: easy

Photo: José Alberto
Holothuria sanctori
<em>Holothuria tubulosa</em> Common name: Tubular sea cucumber

Provenance: West of Portugal

Collection method: hand caught

Husbandry: easy

Photo: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/nunovascorodrigues/" target="_blank"><u>Nuno Vasco Rodrigues</u></a>
Holothuria tubulosa
<em>Hypselodoris</em> spp. Common name: Sea slug

Provenance: West of Portugal

Collection method: hand caught

Husbandry: not easy; feeds on very specific sponges


Photo: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/nunovascorodrigues/" target="_blank"><u>Nuno Vasco Rodrigues</u></a>
Hypselodoris spp.
<em>Lysmata seticaudata</em> Common name: Monaco shrimp

Provenance: West of Portugal

Collection method: hand caught

Husbandry: easy

Photo: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/nunovascorodrigues/" target="_blank"><u>Nuno Vasco Rodrigues</u></a>
Lysmata seticaudata
<em>Maja brachydactyla</em> Common name: Spider crab

Provenance: West of Portugal

Collection method: hand caught

Husbandry: easy

Photo: José Alberto
Maja brachydactyla
<em>Marthasterias glacialis</em> Common name: Spiny star fish

Provenance: West of Portugal

Collection method: hand caught

Husbandry: easy

Photo: José Alberto
Marthasterias glacialis
<em>Myxicola infundibulum</em> Common name: Bristle worm

Provenance: West of Portugal

Collection method: hand caught

Husbandry: easy

Photo: José Alberto
Myxicola infundibulum
<em>Necora puber</em> Common name: Velvet crab

Provenance: West of Portugal

Collection method: hand caught

Husbandry: easy

Photo: José Alberto
Necora puber
<em>Octopus vulgaris</em> Common name: Common octopus

Provenance: West and South of Portugal

Collection method: hand caught

Husbandry: easy

Photo: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/nunovascorodrigues/" target="_blank"><u>Nuno Vasco Rodrigues</u></a>
Octopus vulgaris
<em>Ophioderma longicauda</em> Common name: Snake brittle-star

Provenance: West of Portugal

Collection method: hand caught

Husbandry: easy

Photo: José Alberto
Ophioderma longicauda
<em>Palaemon serratus / elegans</em> Common name: Common prawn

Provenance: West of Portugal

Collection method: hand caught

Husbandry: easy

Photo: José Alberto
Palaemon serratus / elegans
<em>Palinurus elephas</em> Common name: Spiny lobster

Provenance: West and South of Portugal

Collection method: hand caught

Husbandry: easy

Photo: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/nunovascorodrigues/" target="_blank"><u>Nuno Vasco Rodrigues</u></a>
Palinurus elephas
<em>Paracentrotus lividus</em> Common name: Rock sea urchin

Provenance: West of Portugal

Collection method: hand caught

Husbandry: easy

Photo: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/nunovascorodrigues/" target="_blank"><u>Nuno Vasco Rodrigues</u></a>
Paracentrotus lividus
<em>Patella</em> spp. Common name: Rock sea urchin

Provenance: West of Portugal

Collection method: hand caught

Husbandry: easy

Photo: José Alberto
Patella spp.
<em>Pelagia noctiluca</em> Common name: Purple-striped jelly

Provenance: Azores Islands

Collection method: hand caught

Husbandry: not tried yet

Photo: José Alberto
Pelagia noctiluca
<em>Percnon gibbesi</em> Common name: Sally lightfoot crab

Provenance: Azores Islands

Collection method: hand caught

Husbandry: easy

Photo: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/nunovascorodrigues/" target="_blank"><u>Nuno Vasco Rodrigues</u></a>
Percnon gibbesi
<em>Prostheceraeus roseus</em> Common name: Pink flatworm

Provenance: West of Portugal

Collection method: hand caught

Husbandry: not tried yet

Photo: José Alberto
Prostheceraeus roseus
<em>Sabella spallanzanii</em> Common name: Mediterranean fanworm

Provenance: West of Portugal; Azores Islands

Collection method: hand caught while scuba diving

Husbandry: easy

Photo: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/nunovascorodrigues/" target="_blank"><u>Nuno Vasco Rodrigues</u></a>
Sabella spallanzanii
<em>Scyllarus arctus</em> Common name: Lesser locust lobster

Provenance: West of Portugal

Collection method: hand caught

Husbandry: easy

Photo: José Alberto
Scyllarus arctus
<em>Sepia officinalis</em> Common name: Cuttlefish

Provenance: West and south of Portugal

Collection method: hand caught

Husbandry: : not difficult to maintain from the juvenile stage onwards; breeds well in captivity but early stages are difficult to feed and notoriously predatorial

Photo: José Alberto
Sepia officinalis
<em>Sepia officinalis</em> - eggs Common name: Cuttlefish eggs

Provenance: West and south of Portugal

Collection method: hand caught

Husbandry: easy

Photo: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/nunovascorodrigues/" target="_blank"><u>Nuno Vasco Rodrigues</u></a>
Sepia officinalis - eggs
<em>Sphaerechinus granularis</em> Common name: Purple sea urchin

Provenance: West of Portugal, Azores and Madeira Islands

Collection method: hand caught while scuba diving

Husbandry: easy

Photo: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/nunovascorodrigues/" target="_blank"><u>Nuno Vasco Rodrigues</u></a>
Sphaerechinus granularis
<em>Stenorhinchus lanceolatus</em> Common name: Arrow crab

Provenance: Madeira Islands

Collection method: hand caught

Husbandry: easy

Photo: José Alberto
Stenorhinchus lanceolatus
<em>Tambja ceutae</em> Common name: Polycerid nudibranch

Provenance: Azores Islands

Collection method: hand caught while diving

Husbandry: Feeds on the bryozoan <em>Bugula dentata</em>, which is very abundant in Horta harbor. We recommend buying in the Spring, when temperatures are slightly lower.

Photo: Gonçalo Calado
Tambja ceutae
<em>Actinia equina</em>  Common name: Beadlet anemone

Provenance: West of Portugal

Collection method: hand caught

Husbandry: easy

Photo: Flying Sharks
Actinia equina
<em>Calliostoma zizyphinum</em> Common name: Painted top shell

Provenance: West of Portugal

Collection method: hand caught

Husbandry: easy

Photo:<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/nunovascorodrigues/" target="_blank"><u>Nuno Vasco Rodrigues</u></a>
Calliostoma zizyphinum
<em>Callapa granulata</em> Common name: Shamefaced crab

Provenance: South of Portugal and Madeira

Collection method: hand caught while scuba diving; bycatch from set-net

Husbandry: easy

Photo: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/nunovascorodrigues/" target="_blank"><u>Nuno Vasco Rodrigues</u></a>
Callapa granulata
<em>Mytilus</em> spp. Common name: Mussel

Provenance: West and south of Portugal

Collection method: hand caught

Husbandry: relatively easy

Photo: José Alberto
Mytilus spp.
<em>Ophidiaster ophidianus</em> Common name: Purple starfish

Provenance: Azores and Madeira Islands

Collection method: hand caught while scuba diving

Husbandry: easy

Photo: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/nunovascorodrigues/" target="_blank"><u>Nuno Vasco Rodrigues</u></a>
Ophidiaster ophidianus
<em>Pachygrapsus marmoratus</em> Common name: Marbled rock crab 

Provenance: West of Portugal and Azores Islands

Collection method: hand caught with scoop net

Husbandry: easy

Photo: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/nunovascorodrigues/" target="_blank"><u>Nuno Vasco Rodrigues</u></a>
Pachygrapsus marmoratus
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