Volume III, Appendices EM - National Marine Fisheries Service ...

Table E-5. Protected Invertebrates and Plants Inhabiting the ROI
Common Name Scientific Name
E-12
Federal Status
under ESA
ROI Occurrence
White abalone Haliotis sorenseni E CA
Elkhorn coral Acropora palmate T FL, PR, VI
Staghorn coral Acropora cervicornis T FL, PR, VI
Johnson’s seagrass Halophila johnsonii T/CH FL
Source: NMFS 2006, USFWS 2006
Notes: CH – Critical Habitat
E – Federally listed as endangered
PR – Puerto Rico
T – Federally listed as threatened
VI – U.S. Virgin Islands
Common Name Scientific Name
Table E-6. Sea Turtles Inhabiting the ROI
Federal Status
under ESA
ROI Occurrence
Green Chelonia mydas T*/CH Entire
Hawksbill
Eretmochelys
imbricate
E/CH
South Atlantic Coast, Gulf of
Mexico, Pacific Area Islands
Kemp’s ridley Lepidochelys kempii E Atlantic Coast
Leatherback
Dermochelvs
coriacea schlegelii
E/CH Entire
Loggerhead Caretta caretta gigas T Entire
Olive ridley
Lepidochelys
olivacea
Source: USFWS 2006
Notes: CH – Critical habitat in a ROI
E – Federally listed as endangered
T – Federally listed as threatened
* – Florida nesting population listed as endangered
T
South Atlantic Coast,
Pacific Coast (rare in OR, WA,
AK), Pacific Islands