OBJECTIVE Making knowledge of the marine medication animal species distribution and the resource situation in Zhoushan sea area. METHODS According the experiment explored, the marine animal specimen collected, checked, corrected. RESULTS There were about 103 species marine animal for medicating, included 4 species of Coelenterata, 3 species of Annelida, 14 species of Arthropoda, 21 species of Mollusca, 55 species of Vertebrata, 6 species of Echinodermate . CONCLUSIONS The reliable base of protecting ecological environment of marine organisms and exploiting resources of marine medicinal animals rationally were founded.