To look and read about these wonderful creatures, choose a phylum below. All of the near shore invertebrates found in the South Sound are members of one of these twelve Phylums:For a huge and slow photo gallery of this site, click here. otherwise find your species below.
| Porifera - Sponges. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | |
| Cnidaria - Hydroids Jellyfish Anemones Hydras Corals. . . . . . . . . | |
| Ctenophora - Jellyfish-like . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | |
| Platyhelminthes - Flatworms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | |
| Nemertea - Worms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | |
| Annelida - Worms Tubeworms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | |
| Arthropoda - Crabs Shrimp Barnacles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | |
| Mollusca - Oyster Mussel Scallop Clams Nudibranchs Limpids Snails Chiton Whelk | |
| Phoronida - Small Tubes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | |
| Bryozoa - Colonies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | |
| Echinodermata - Sea Cucumbers Sand Dollars Sea Stars Brittle Stars . . . . . . . | |
| Chordata - Sea Squirts Trunicate Salps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |