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This list of invertebrates of California lists invertebrate species (animals without a backbone) that are found in the US State of California. This list includes animals from the land, from freshwater, and from the ocean. The sequence of phyla is alphabetical.

Species that are endemic to the State of California are indicated using an , introduced species with an , and invasive species with an .

Acanthocephala

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Acoelomorpha

Annelida

Many of these species were described by Hulton Wood and Samuel James.

Class Polychaeta

Arthropoda

Subphylum Crustacea

Class Branchiopoda

Order Anostraca

Family Branchinectidae, fairy shrimp

Order Notostraca tadpole shrimp

Order Anomopoda water fleas

Class Hexanauplia

Class Malacostraca

Order Decapoda, decapods

Order Isopoda, isopods

Suborder Oniscidea, woodlice

Order Amphipoda, amphiopods

Class Insecta

California has over 30,000 insects in the entire state.

Order Coleoptera

Family Carabidae, ground beetles

Family Cerambycidae, longhorn beetles

Family Scarabaeidae, scarabs

Order Collembola, springtails

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Order Dermaptera, earwigs

Order Dictyoptera

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Order Diptera, flies and mosquitoes

Order Embiidina

Order Ephemeroptera

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Order Grylloblattidae

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Order Hemiptera

Order Hymenoptera, sawflies, bees, wasps, and ants

Order Isoptera, termites

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Order Lepidoptera, butterfiles and moths

Family Hesperiidae, skippers

Family Nymphalidae

Family Lycaenidae, gossamer-winged butterflies

Family Riodinidae, metalmarks

Family Sphingidae, hawk moths, sphinx moths

Family Papilionidae, hawk moths, sphinx moths

Order Mallophaga, bird lice, biting lice

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Order Mecoptera, scorpionflies

Order Neuroptera

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Order Odonata, dragonflies and damselflies

Suborder Anisoptera

Family Libellulidae

Suborder Zygoptera

Subfamily Coenagrionoidea

Order Orthoptera, grasshoppers, katydids, and crickets

Order Phasmida

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Order Phthiraptera, lice

Order Plecoptera, stoneflies

Order Protura

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Order Psocoptera booklice, bark lice

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Order Siphonaptera fleas

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Order Siphunculata

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Order Strepsiptera

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Order Trichoptera caddisflies

Order Thysanoptera thrips

Class Arachnida

Superorder Acari, ticks and mites

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Order Amblypygi, tailless whipscorpions

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Order Araneae, spiders

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Order Opiliones, harvestmen

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Order Palpigradi, micro whipscorpions

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Order Pseudoscorpiones, pseudoscorpions

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Order Ricinulei, hooded tickspiders

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Order Schizomida, shorttailed whipscorpions

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Order Scorpiones, scorpions

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Order Solifugae, camel spiders

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Order Uropygi, whipscorpions

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Brachiopoda

Order Terebratulida

Bryozoa

Class Gymnolaemata

Class Phylactolaemata freshwater bryozoans

Class Stenolaemata

Chaetognatha

Chordata

Subphylum Urochordata

Class Ascidiacea

Order Enterogona

Order Stolidobranchia

Order Phlebobranchia

Cnidaria

Class Scyphozoa, true jellyfish

Class Hydrozoa

Class Anthozoa, sea anemones and corals

Order Actiniaria

Order Pennatulacea

Ctenophora

Class Tentaculata tentaculate comb jellies

Class Nuda

Cycliophora

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Echinodermata

Class Asteroidea, sea stars

Class Ophiuroidea, brittle stars

Class Echinoidea, sea urchins and sand dollars

Echiura

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Entoprocta

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Gastrotricha

Order Chaetonotida

Order Macrodasyida

Gnathostomulida

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Hemichordata

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Kinorhyncha

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Loricifera

Order Nanaloricida

Micrognathozoa

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Mollusca

Class Bivalvia, bivalves

Order Mytilida

Order Ostreida

Order Venerida

Order Myida

Class Gastropoda, gastropods

Order Archaeogastropoda

Order Pulmonata

Order Stylommatophora

Order Nudibranchia

Order Neotaenioglossa

Order Neogastropoda

Order Trochida

Order Littorinimorpha

Superfamily Aplysioidea

Order Cephalaspidea, shieldheaded slugs

Superfamily Cerithioidea

Class Cephalopoda, cephalopods

Subclass Coleoidea

Order Octopoda

Order Myopsida

Class Polyplacophora

Mesozoa

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Nematoda

Nematomorpha

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Nemertea

Class Anopla

Class Enopla

Onychophora

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Pentastoma

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Phoronida

Class Cestoda

Placozoa

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Platyhelminthes

Class Cestoda

Class Turbellaria

Pogonophora

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Porifera

Class Demospongiae

Subclass Tetractinomorpha

Order Astrophorida

Order Hadromerida

Order Spirophorida

Subclass Ceractinomorpha, demosponges

Order Poecilosclerida

Suborder Myxillina

Priapulida

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Rotifera

Sipuncula

Tardigrada

Class Heterotardigrada

Xenacoelomorpha

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Notes

1. ^ Wood & James (1993)
2. ^ James, S W (1994)
3. "Insects, Spiders, Centipedes, Millipedes". National Park Service. Point Reyes National Seashore. Retrieved January 26, 2023.
4. "Laqueus californicus". Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute. MBARI. Retrieved May 29, 2023.
5. Watanabe, James M.
6. Vargas & Dean (2010)
7. "Scientists Discover A New Species of Deep-sea Crown Jelly in Monterey Bay". Phys.org. MBARI. Retrieved Jan 8, 2024.
8. "Giant Phantom Jelly". Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute. MBARI. Retrieved May 29, 2023.
9. "Silky Jelly". Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute. MBARI. Retrieved Jan 8, 2024.

References

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• "Butterflies of San Francisco Bay Area". Wildlife of San Francisco Bay. 2019. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
• "California's Pest Snails and Slugs". University of California. 2021. Retrieved 14 May 2021.
• "California Terrestrial and Vernal Pool Invertebrates of Conservation Priority". California Department of Fish and Wildlife. 12 June 2017. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
• "Giant Isopod". Aquarium of the Pacific. 2023. Retrieved 29 May 2023.
• Gordon Ramel. "The Invertebrate Phyla".
• "Intertidal Field Guide". Cabrillo National Monument. 21 November 2021. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
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• Lee, Welton L.; Elvin, David W.; Reiswig, Henry M. (2007). "Taxonomic List of California Sponges". The David and Lucile Packard Foundation. Retrieved 6 June 2021.
• Neeves, Ricardo C.; Kristensen, Reinhardt M.; Rohal, Melissa; Thistle, David; Sørensen, Martin V. (23 May 2018). "First report of Loricifera from the North East Pacific Region, with the description of two new species". Marine Biodiversity. 49 (3). Springer Link: 1151–1168. doi:10.1007/s12526-018-0898-1. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
• "Other Invertebrates of San Francisco Bay Area". Wildlife of San Francisco Bay. 2019. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
• "Parasites - Lice". Centers for Disease Control and Prevension. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
• "Search the Department of Invertebrate Zoology Collection". Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
• Stacey, BJ. "Dragonflies & Damselflies of Southern California". iNaturalist. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
• "Threatened and Endangered Invertebrates". dfg.ca.gov. California Department of Fish and Wildlife. March 2014. Retrieved 5 August 2014.
• "Tide Pool Animal Scientific Names". California Tide Pools. Retrieved 24 May 2021.
• Vargas, José A.; Dean, Harlan K. (2010). "On Branchiostoma californiense (Cephalochordata) from the Gulf of Nicoya estuary, Costa Rica" (PDF). Centro de Investigación en Ciencias del Mar y Limnología (CIMAR). Retrieved 5 August 2014.
• Watanabe, James M. (2011). "Ascidians".
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• Wood, Hulton B.; Samuel W. James (April 1993). Native and Introduced Earthworms from Selected Chaparral, Woodland, and Riparian Zones in Southern California (PDF) (Report). United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service Pacific Southwest Research Station. Retrieved 5 August 2014.

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