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Species Illustration Species Name Species Category Protected Status Region
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Side-profile illustration of a white shrimp with 10 long, skinny walking legs, five pairs of bigger swimming legs, and long red antennae. Credit: NOAA Fisheries/Jack Hornady
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Litopenaeus setiferus
Also Known As
Northern white shrimp, Gray shrimp, Lake shrimp, Green shrimp, Common shrimp, Daytona shrimp, Southern shrimp
  • Species Category
    Invertebrates
    • Shrimp
    • Wild-Caught Seafood
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  • Region
    New England/Mid-Atlantic
  • Region
    Southeast
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Color drawing of a white abalone from above
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Haliotis sorenseni
  • Species Category
    Invertebrates
    • Abalone
  • ESA Endangered
  • Region
    West Coast
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Tubastraea floreana
  • Species Category
    Invertebrates
    • Corals
  • ESA Endangered - Foreign
  • Region
    Foreign
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Illustration of a large, orange-colored sea star with several arms.
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Pycnopodia helianthoides
  • Species Category
    Invertebrates
  • ESA Proposed - Threatened
  • Region
    Alaska
  • Region
    West Coast
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Illustration of golden yellow and white staghorn coral with antler-like branches
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Acropora cervicornis
  • Species Category
    Invertebrates
    • Corals
  • ESA Threatened
  • CITES Appendix II
  • SPAW Annex II
  • SPAW Annex III
  • Region
    Southeast
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Illustration of illex squid commonly known as shortfin squid.
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Illex illecebrosus
Also Known As
Illex squid, Summer squid
  • Species Category
    Invertebrates
    • Squid
    • Wild-Caught Seafood
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  • Region
    New England/Mid-Atlantic
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Seriatopora aculeata
  • Species Category
    Invertebrates
    • Corals
  • ESA Threatened - Foreign
  • Region
    Foreign
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Illustration of a purplish gray rough cactus coral in the form of a thin plate with narrow valleys and short ridges connecting around polyp mouths.
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Mycetophyllia ferox
  • Species Category
    Invertebrates
    • Corals
  • ESA Threatened
  • CITES Appendix II
  • SPAW Annex III
  • Region
    Southeast
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Illustration of a red king crab with sharp spines all over, six legs, and claws. One claw is larger than the other. Credit: NOAA Fisheries/Jack Hornady
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Paralithodes camtschaticus
Also Known As
Alaska king crab, King crab
  • Species Category
    Invertebrates
    • Crab
    • Wild-Caught Seafood
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  • Region
    Alaska
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Illustration of queen conch.
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Aliger gigas
Also Known As
Strombus gigas, Lobatus gigas, Conch, Pink conch, Carrucho, Caracol reina
  • Species Category
    Invertebrates
    • Protected Invertebrate
    • Wild-Caught Seafood
  • ESA Threatened
  • CITES Appendix II
  • SPAW Annex III
  • Region
    Southeast
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Porites napopora
  • Species Category
    Invertebrates
    • Corals
  • ESA Threatened - Foreign
  • Region
    Foreign
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Pocillopora meandrina
Also Known As
Cauliflower coral
  • Species Category
    Invertebrates
    • Corals
  • Region
    Pacific Islands
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Pinto abalone illustration. Credit: Jack Hornady
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Haliotis kamtschatkana
Also Known As
Northern Abalone, Threaded Abalone
  • Species Category
    Invertebrates
    • Abalone
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  • Region
    Alaska
  • Region
    West Coast
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Side-profile illustration of a small pink shrimp with long walking legs and swimming legs. Dark-colored spot located on the side. Credit: NOAA Fisheries/Jack Hornady
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Farfantepenaeus duorarum
Also Known As
Spotted shrimp, Hopper, Pink spotted shrimp, Brown spotted shrimp, Grooved shrimp, Green shrimp, Pink night shrimp, Red shrimp, Skipper, Pushed shrimp
  • Species Category
    Invertebrates
    • Shrimp
    • Wild-Caught Seafood
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  • Region
    New England/Mid-Atlantic
  • Region
    Southeast
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Pink abalone illustration. Credit: Jack Hornady
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Haliotis corrugata
  • Species Category
    Invertebrates
    • Abalone
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  • Region
    West Coast
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Illustration of a tall, tan pillar coral showing upward growth of branches.
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Dendrogyra cylindrus
  • Species Category
    Invertebrates
    • Corals
  • ESA Proposed - Endangered
  • ESA Threatened
  • CITES Appendix II
  • SPAW Annex III
  • Region
    Southeast
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Pavona diffluens
  • Species Category
    Invertebrates
    • Corals
  • ESA Threatened - Foreign
  • Region
    Foreign
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Illustration of Pacific oyster showing gray, cupped shape shell and white inside. NOAA Fisheries text wraps along side of shell. Credit: NOAA Fisheries/Jack Hornady
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Crassostrea gigas
Also Known As
Japanese oyster, Miyagi oyster, Pacific cupped oyster
Miyagi oyster
Pacific cupped oyster
  • Species Category
    Invertebrates
    • Clams, Mussels, Oysters
    • Farmed Seafood
  • Region
    Alaska
  • Region
    West Coast
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Illustration of ocean quahog clam species with dark brown, hard, oval shell showing growth rings. Credit: NOAA Fisheries/Jack Hornady
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Arctica islandica
Also Known As
Clam, Quahog, Black clam, Mahogany quahog
  • Species Category
    Invertebrates
    • Clams, Mussels, Oysters
    • Wild-Caught Seafood
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  • Region
    New England/Mid-Atlantic
  • Region
    Southeast
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Illustration of hard clam/Northern quahog with gray shell and brown, black, and white line details NOAA Fisheries text along shell.
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Mercenaria mercenaria
Also Known As
Quahog, Hard clam
Round clam
Chowder clam
  • Species Category
    Invertebrates
    • Clams, Mussels, Oysters
    • Farmed Seafood
  • Region
    New England/Mid-Atlantic
  • Region
    Southeast
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Illustration of a pale brown mountainous star coral that looks like a big mound with a skirt. Surface is smooth and undulating with small lumps, bulges, and lobes.
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Orbicella faveolata
  • Species Category
    Invertebrates
    • Corals
  • ESA Threatened
  • CITES Appendix II
  • SPAW Annex II
  • SPAW Annex III
  • Region
    Southeast
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Montipora australiensis
  • Species Category
    Invertebrates
    • Corals
  • ESA Threatened - Foreign
  • Region
    Foreign
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Illustration of a longfin squid with reddish pink mantle and blueish purple fins and tentacles. Credit: NOAA Fisheries/Jack Hornady
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Doryteuthis (Amerigo) pealeii
Also Known As
Longfin inshore squid, Loligo, Winter squid, Boston squid
  • Species Category
    Invertebrates
    • Squid
    • Wild-Caught Seafood
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  • Region
    New England/Mid-Atlantic
  • Region
    Southeast
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Illustration of tan and dark brown lobed star coral
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Orbicella annularis
  • Species Category
    Invertebrates
    • Corals
  • ESA Threatened
  • CITES Appendix II
  • SPAW Annex III
  • Region
    Southeast
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Jonah crab illustration. Credit: Jack Hornady
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Cancer borealis
  • Species Category
    Invertebrates
    • Crab
    • Wild-Caught Seafood
  • Region
    New England/Mid-Atlantic