Table 6.  Systematic inventory of conspicuous marine macroinvertebrates observed at
          sites surveyed in Area 6 of the 1992 American Samoa Coastal Resources
          Inventory.  A = abundant; C = Common; O = Occasional; R = rare.
                                                                                                                     
                               
                                     Site No. 35   Site No. 36
                                    6 m          18 m  6 m     18 m
                                                                                                                     
                               
Phylum Porifera
   ?Class Calcarea
unidentified yellow sponge           R    -        -    -

   Class Demospongiae
      Order Dictyoceratida
     Family Dysideidae
Dysidea spp.                            C          R -      -

      Order Hadromerida
     Family Suberitidae
Stylotella agminata (Ridley)         O    C        O    C


Phylum Cnidaria
   Class Hydrozoa
      Order Hydroida
     Family Plumulariidae
Lytocarpus cf. philippinus (Kirchenpauer) -          C  -        O

   Class Anthozoa
      Order Alcyonacea
     Family Alcyoniidae
Cladiella sp.                           A          C A      C
Lobophytum spp.                      O    R        -    -
Sarcophyton spp.                     -    -        R    O
Sinularia spp.                          C          C -      A

      Order Actiniaria
     Family Stichodactylidae
Entacmaea quadricolor (Rppell & Leuckart)         O    -   -         -
Heteractis crispa (Ehrenberg)        R    -        -    -
Heteractis magnifica (Quoy & Gaimard)   -          - O      -
Stichodactyla mertensii Brandt       -    -        -    R

      Order Zoanthiniaria
     Family Zoanthidae
Palythoa tuberculosa (Esper)         R    -        -    R
Table 6.  Continued.
                                                                                                                     
                               
                                     Site No. 35   Site No. 36
                                    6 m          18 m  6 m     18 m
                                                                                                                     
                               
Phylum Annelida
   Class Polychaeta
      Order Sabellida
     Family Serpulidae
Spirobranchus giganteus (Pallas)     -    -        -    R


Phylum Mollusca
   Class Gastropoda
      Order Archaeogastropoda
     Family Trochidae
Trochus histrio Reeve                O    -        O    -
Tectus conus Gmelin                  -    R        -    -
     Family Turbinidae
Astraea rhodostoma Lamarck           R    O        R    -

      Order Mesogastropoda
     Family Vermetidae
Dendropoma maxima Sowerby            -    -        -    C

      Order Neogastropoda
     Family Muricidae
Drupa ricinus (Linnaeus)             -    R        -    -
Drupella elata (Blainville)          -    -        R    -
     Family Fasciolariidae
Latirus polygonus barclayi (Reeve)   R    -        -    -

      Order Nudibranchia
     Family Phyllidiidae
Phyllidia varicosa Lamarck           -    -        -    R
Phyllidiella pustulosa (Cuvier)      -    -        R    O

   Class Bivalvia
      Order Veneroida
     Family Tridacnidae
Tridacna maxima (Rding)             -    O        R    R
Tridacna squamosa Lamarck            -    -        -    O



Table 6.  Continued.
                                                                                                                     
                               
                                     Site No. 35   Site No. 36
                                    6 m          18 m  6 m     18 m
                                                                                                                     
                               
Phylum Arthropoda
   Class Crustacea
      Order Decapoda
     Family Diogenidae
Dardanus spp.                           -          R -      -
     Family Paguridae
Paguritta harmsi (Gordon)            -    -        -    O


Phylum Echinodermata
   Class Crinoidea
      Order Articulata
     Family Comasteridae
Comaster multifidus (J. Mller)      -    R        -    -
Comanthus parvicirrus (J. Mller)    -    R        -    -

   Class Asteroidea
      Order Phanerozonia
     Family Oreasteridae
Culcita novaeguineae Mller & Troschel  R          - -      -

     Family Ophidiasteridae
Linckia multifora (Lamarck)          R    -        -    R

      Order Spinulosa
     Family Acanthasteridae
Acanthaster planci (Linnaeus)        O    -        -    R

   Class Echinoidea
      Order Regularia
     Family Diadematidae
Echinothrix diadema (Linnaeus)       O    -        -    -
     Family Echinometridae
Echinometra mathaei (Blainville)     C    C        R    -
Echinostrephus aciculatus A. Agassiz C    O        -    R






Table 6.  Continued.
                                                                                                                     
                               
                                     Site No. 35   Site No. 36
                                    6 m          18 m  6 m     18 m
                                                                                                                     
                               
Phylum Chordata
   Class Ascidiacea
      Order Stolidobranchia
     Family Styelidae
Polycarpa cf. cryptocarpa (Sluiter)  -    R        -    -