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These are the folks I dive and snorkel with. They can show you just about any animal you want to see (and tell you about any animal you saw). There are many other fine dive operators too.
Kaua`i Bubbles Below (specializing in trips to Niihau, perhaps Hawaii's finest dive destination)
Maui


Mike Severns Diving (Molokini and Kihei area)
Extended Horizons Scuba Tours
(Lahaina area & Lana`i)
Ann Fielding's Snorkel Maui and Island Explorations (snorkeling tours)

Maui Dreams Dive Co (shore diving specialists)
North Shore Explorers (specializing in Maui's rarely dived north shore)

Kona

Underwater Adventures Hawaii (Dennis and Debra offer private charters on their very comfortable boat)
Kona Diving Company (Kerry Key and her Krew will take excellent care of you!)

East Hawaii

East Hawaii Divers
Nautilus Dive Center

Good sites on Hawaii's marine life
Keoki's Fish Corner (Keoki Stender's site: fishes and invertebrates, and especially good on Hawaiian corals)
Sea Slugs of Hawai`i (complete coverage of Hawaii's opisthobranch fauna)
Hawaiian Sea Slugs (Hawaii section of Scott Johnson's website)
Hawai`i Coral Reef Network (lots information on just about everything)
Waikiki Aquarium (the world's best little aquarium)
Hawai`i Intertidal Project (great information on the intertidal zone)
Northwest Hawaiian Islands Multiagency Education Project (info on the NWHI, but often not up to date)
Bishop Museum report: Nonindiginous Marine Species at Waikiki and Hawai`i Kai, Oahu, Hawai`i
Bishop Museum species lists: How many species in Hawaii? barnacles caridean shrimps stenopodid shrimps penaeid shrimps mantis shrimps lobsters lobsterlike crustaceans hermit crabs & relatives true crabs sea stars brittle stars sea urchins sea cucumbers tunicates1 tunicates2
ribbon worms
annelid worms
Whitetip Reef Shark Project of Hawaii

Marine invertebrates of Kalaupapa National Historic Park.
Features lists of species by scientific, common, and Hawaiian names, but most useful are the photos, especially of small crabs. Choose "Browse Pictures" Not 100% accurate (but what website is?)

Jeff Hill's Kona Snorkeling and Fish Watching blog info on snorkeling sites, recent sightings, and more.

Manta Pacific Research Foundation

 

Good sites on Pacific marine life (including many Hawaiian species)
Central Pacific Crustacea (primarily French Polynesia)

Marine Biodiversity of Guam and The Mariana Islands (supplemental data and images of animals listed in Micronesica volumes 35-36, the most comprehensive summary of Micronesian biodiversity)
CRUSTACEANS mantis shrimps lobsters caridean shrimps hermits and relatives spider crabs xanthid crabs swimming crabs other crabs
ECHINODERMS
sea stars sea urchins sea cucumbers

Kwajalein Underwater (Scott Johnson's website: especially strong on living molluscs of all kinds)
Chris Mah's echinoderm blog (fascinating stuffs for echino-buffs, but mostly not Hawaii animals)
Keichi Matsuura's FishPix - excellent photos of Japanese fish, including many Indo-Pacific species

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