Jean René Constant Quoy was a French naval surgeon, zoologist and anatomist.
Nucella, common name dog whelks or dog winkles, is a genus of small to medium-sized predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Ocenebrinae which is part of the large family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.
Pyura is a large genus of sessile ascidians that live in coastal waters at depths of up to 80 m (260 feet). Like all ascidians, Pyura are filter feeders. A few species, including Pyura chilensis are commercially fished.
Clibanarius is a genus of hermit crabs in the family Diogenidae. Like other hermit crabs, their abdomen is soft-shelled and sheltered in a gastropod shell. Typically marine like all their relatives, the genus includes C. fonticola, the only known hermit crab species that spends all its life in freshwater. The feeding rates of Clibanarius species change with temperature which, given their broad distributions, may have considerable consequences for the stability reef systems as sea temperatures rise in the future.
Eupterotidae is a family of insects in the order Lepidoptera with more than 300 described species.
Goniasteridae constitute the largest family of sea stars, included in the order Valvatida. They are mostly deep-dwelling species, but the family also include several colorful shallow tropical species.
Atrina is a cosmopolitan genus of bivalve molluscs belonging to the family Pinnidae.
Isognomon is a genus of marine bivalve mollusks which is related to the pearl oysters.
Janthina is a genus of small to medium-sized pelagic or planktonic sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Epitoniidae.
Planorbarius is a genus of air-breathing freshwater snails, aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails, or planorbids, which all have sinistral or left-coiling shells.
Paguristes is a genus of hermit crab in the family Diogenidae. It includes the following species :
Capulus is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Capulidae, the cap snails.
Scutellastra is a genus of sea snails with gills, typical true limpets, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Patellidae, the true limpets.
Actaea is a genus of crabs in the family Xanthidae, containing the following species:
Pilodius is a genus of crabs in the family Xanthidae, containing the following species:
Anchoa is a genus of ray-finned fishes in the family Engraulidae. It currently consists of 35 species.
Comptonia is an extinct genus of prehistoric sea stars in the family Goniasteridae. Species are from the Cretaceous of Canada (Alberta) and France. The type species, C. elegans was recovered from France.
Stauridiosarsia is a genus of hydrozoans in the family Corynidae.
Nemocardium is a genus of bivalves belonging to the family Cardiidae.
