Marine Fauna and Flora of the Aeolian Islands
The following list is a work in progress. It is entirely unfunded and without links to any organisation.
Please cite as follows:
Barfield, P.D. and Capasso, E. (2019). Marine fauna and flora of the Aeolian Islands and North East Sicily. Available at: https://www.seanature.co.uk/marine_species_aeolian.html [Accessed INSERT_DATE].
Please cite as follows:
Barfield, P.D. and Capasso, E. (2019). Marine fauna and flora of the Aeolian Islands and North East Sicily. Available at: https://www.seanature.co.uk/marine_species_aeolian.html [Accessed INSERT_DATE].
| Scientific name | Authority | Common name | AphiaID |
| Anemones | |||
| Actinia cari | Delle Chiaje, 1822 | girdle anemone | 100801 |
| Actinia equina | (Linnaeus, 1758) | beadlet anemone | 100803 |
| Anemonia viridis | (Forsskål, 1775) | snakelocks anemone | 100808 |
| ?Anthopleura ballii | (Cocks, 1851) | red speckled anemone | 100809 |
| Condylactis aurantiaca | (Delle Chiaje, 1825) | golden anemone | 100822 |
| Aiptasia mutabilis | (Gravenhorst, 1831) | trumpet anemone | 100859 |
| Calliactis parasitica | (Couch, 1842) | parasitic anemone | 100946 |
| Worms | |||
| Hermodice carunculata | (Pallas, 1766) | bearded fireworm | 129831 |
| Sabella spallanzanii | (Gmelin, 1791) | European fan worm | 130969 |
| Crustaceans | |||
| Pachygrapsus marmoratus | (Fabricius, 1787) | marbled rock crab | 107455 |
| Palaemon elegans | Rathke, 1837 | grass prawn | 107614 |
| Percnon gibbesi | (H. Milne Edwards, 1853) | sally lightfoot crab | 107458 |
| Molluscs | |||
| Arca noae | Linnaeus, 1758 | Noah's ark shell | 138788 |
| Pinna nobilis | Linnaeus, 1758 | fan mussel | 140780 |
| Octopus vulgaris | Cuvier, 1797 | common octopus | 140605 |
| Sepia officinalis | Linnaeus, 1758 | common cuttlefish | 141444 |
| Cerithium vulgatum | Bruguière, 1792 | European cerith | 139066 |
| Haliotis tuberculata | Linnaeus, 1758 | ormer, abalone | 140059 |
| Thylacodes arenarius | (Linnaeus, 1758) | giant worm shell | 709464 |
| Hexaplex trunculus | (Linnaeus, 1758) | banded dye-murex | 140396 |
| Stramonita haemastoma | (Linnaeus, 1767) | redmouthed rocksnail | 140417 |
| Pisania striata | (Gmelin, 1791) | spotted pisania | 138924 |
| Pleurobranchus testudinarius | Cantraine, 1835 | none available | 140821 |
| Patella caerulea | Linnaeus, 1758 | rayed Mediterranean limpet | 140677 |
| Echinoderms | |||
| Coscinasterias tenuispina | (Lamarck, 1816) | blue spiny starfish | 123795 |
| Ophidiaster ophidianus | (Lamarck, 1816) | la stella serpente | 124101 |
| Arbacia lixula | (Linnaeus, 1758) | black sea urchin | 124249 |
| Paracentrotus lividus | (Lamarck, 1816) | rock sea urchin | 124316 |
| Sphaerechinus granularis | (Lamarck, 1816) | violet sea urchin | 124427 |
| Holothuria (Platyperona) sanctori | Delle Chiaje, 1823 | sea cucumber | 124528 |
| Holothuria | Linnaeus, 1767 | sea cucumber | 123456 |
| Corals | |||
| Astroides calycularis | (Pallas, 1766) | star coral | 135178 |
| Cladocora caespitosa | (Linnaeus, 1767) | pillow coral | 135146 |
| Jellyfish | |||
| Pelagia noctiluca | (Forsskål, 1775) | mauve stinger | 135305 |
| Sponges | |||
| Sarcotragus spinosulus | Schmidt, 1862 | black leather sponge | 165086 |
| Fish | |||
| Muraena helena | Linnaeus, 1758 | Mediterranean moray eel | 126303 |
| Synodus saurus | (Linnaeus, 1758) | lizard fish | 126372 |
| Parablennius gattorugine | (Linnaeus, 1758) | tompot blenny | 126770 |
| Symphodus ocellatus | (Linnaeus, 1758) | ocellated wrasse | 273572 |
| Thalassoma pavo | (Linnaeus, 1758) | ornate wrasse | 126970 |
| Mugilidae | Jarocki, 1822 | mullet | 125546 |
| Chromis chromis | (Linnaeus, 1758) | damselfish | 127000 |
| Serranus cabrilla | (Linnaeus, 1758) | comber | 127041 |
| Sarpa salpa | (Linnaeus, 1758) | salpa | 127064 |
| Tripterygion | Risso, 1827 | triplefin blenny | 126099 |
| Bothus podas | (Delaroche, 1809) | wide-eyed flounder | 127129 |
| Flora | |||
| Padina pavonica | (Linnaeus) Thivy, 1960 | peacock's tail | 145385 |
| Caulerpa prolifera | (Forsskål) J.V.Lamouroux, 1809 | none available | 144471 |
| Caulerpa racemosa | (Forsskål) J.Agardh, 1873 | sea grapes | 144472 |
| Acetabularia acetabulum | (Linnaeus) P.C.Silva, 1952 | mermaid's cup | 494795 |
| Posidonia oceanica | (Linnaeus) Delile, 1813 | Neptune grass | 145794 |
| Turtles | |||
| Caretta caretta | (Linnaeus, 1758) | loggerhead turtle | 137205 |
| Cetaceans | |||
| Tursiops truncatus | (Montagu, 1821) | bottle-nosed dolphin | 137111 |
| Stenella coeruleoalba | (Meyen, 1833) | striped dolphin | 137107 |