Table 3. Numbers of total taxa in present study compared with totals of previous studies.

Ala Wai
Barbers
Honolulu
Keehi
Kewalo
Group
Present
Past
Present
Past
Present
Past
Present
Past
Present
Past
Cyanophycota


1

2
2

2


Bacillariophyta
1



1
18




Chlorophycota
2

4

20
9
4
11
5

Pyrrophycophyta





10




Phaeophycophyta
1



7
5
1
7


Rhodophycota
19

7

75
18
14
17
5

All Algae
23
0
12
0
105
62
19
37
10
0
Pterophyta







1


Magnoliophyta






1
1


Protozoa


1

1





Porifera
13
1
11

35
18
21
3
12
1
Cnidaria
7

7
5
25
16
4
7
6

Platyhelminthes
1

1

1
1
1

1

Nemertea





1


1

Annelida
37
3
38

72
43
31
36
28
1
Mollusca
16

28
4
78
12
15
74
26

Arthropoda
60
1
44

134
115
45
19
65
10
Sipuncula
4

4

8
1
2

2

Bryozoa
13
1
11

26
12
8
1
16

Echinodermata
1

1
7
14
10
2
9
2
1
Chaetognatha





1




Ascidiacea
16

9
1
21
14
16
3
16

All Invertebrates
168
6
155
17
415
244
145
154
175
13
Osteichthyes
34
0
18
32
78
111
17
29
26
0
Total
225
6
185
49
598
417
182
191
211
13

