Here are some marine species you may have encountered while snorkelling or scuba diving in the United Arab Emirates.

Anthozoa (corals and sea anemones)

Ascidiacea (ascidians and sessile tunicates)

Asteroidea (starfish)

Bivalvia (bivalve mollusks)

Calcarea (calcareous sponges)

Cephalopoda (squids, cuttlefish and octopuses)

Chondrichthyes (cartilaginous fish)

Cubozoa (box jellies)

Echinoidea (sea urchins)

Gastropoda (slugs, snails, limpets and nudibranchs)

Holothuroidea (sea cucumbers or cotton-spinners)

Malacostraca (crustaceans)

Osteichthyes (bony fish)

Scyphozoa (jellyfish)