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Species Authority* Common
name (if
known)
Lobophora variegata (J.V.
Lamouroux)
Womersley ex
E.C. Oliveira,
1977
Sargassum
odontocarpum
Sargassum
obtusifolium
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IUCN
code
Oen Pit Hen Duc Offshore
Notes
• • From large tidepool, Christian’s Point; from
13 m depth off Gudgeon Harbour; from
large pool, 5 m deep, St John; & from 21 m
depth off the south coast, with a boulder
seabed with some sand and live corals. Also
recorded by Paulay (1989) on fore-reef at
Henderson.
Sonder, 1871 • Originally recorded by Tsuda (1976) as
Sargassum coriifolium. From tidepools and
rocks awash on shore, West Harbour; from
large tidepool, Christian’s Point; from 13 m
depth off Gudgeon Harbour; and from
large pool, 5 m deep, St John.
J. Agardh,
1848
Stypopodium zonale (J.V.
Lamouroux)
Papenfuss,
1940
Zonaria
stipitata
Division Rhodophyta
Tanaka & K.
Nozawa, 1962
Gelidiopsis intricata (C. Agardh)
Vickers, 1905
Corallina cuvieri J.V.Lamouroux,
1816
• Present in rockpool at Down Isaacs, Pitcairn
(see Plate 15).
NE • • Recorded by Tsuda (1976) at Pitcairn and by
Paulay (1989) at Henderson.
• Recorded by Nat. Geog. Soc. Expedition
2012 at Pitcairn.
• From tidepools and rocks awash on shore,
West Harbour; and from 13 m depth off
Gudgeon Harbour.
• From tidepools and rocks awash on shore,
West Harbour; and from 13 m depth off
Gudgeon Harbour.
Porolithon spp. • • Recorded by Paulay (1989) on fore-reef at
Henderson. Tentative IDs of P. onkodes and
P. gardineri in Ducie’s lagoon by Rehder &
Randall (1975).
Hydrolithon onkodes (Heydrich)
D. Penrose &
Woelkerling,
1992
Lithophyllum
kotschyanum
Neogoniolithon
brassica-florida
Botryocladia
skottsbergii
Centroceras
clavulatum
• Recorded by Nat. Geog. Soc. Expedition
2012 at Pitcairn.
Unger, 1858 • Recorded by Nat. Geog. Soc. Expedition
2012 at Pitcairn.
(Harvey)
Satchell & L.R.
Mason, 1943
(Børgesen)
Levring, 1941
(C. Agardh)
Montagne,
1846
Chondria intertexta P.C. Silva,
1972
• Recorded as N. frutescens by Nat. Geog.
Soc. Expedition 2012 at Pitcairn.
• From tidepools and rocks awash on shore,
West Harbour.
• From tidepools and rocks awash on shore,
West Harbour.
• Originally recorded by Tsuda (1976) as
Chondria intricata. From large tidepool,
Christian’s Point.
FORAMINIFERA (Forams) Refs. Whittaker & Hodgkinson, 1995; Palomares et al., 2011.
Amphistegina
lobifera
Amphistegina lessonii d’Orbigny
in Guerin-
Meneville,
1843
Asterigerina carinata d’Orbigny,
1839
Larsen, 1976 NE • • Present in samples of beach sediment,
NW Beach and N Beach (Henderson); and
from seaweed sample (green clumped
weed) collected in 1 m depth and sample
of ‘yellow fucoid weed’, (Pitcairn: Tedside);
and from beach sediment (Oeno).
NE • • Present in samples of beach sediment, NW
Beach and N Beach (Henderson). From
seaweed sample (‘yellow fucoid weed’)
(Pitcairn: Tedside); and from beach sediment
(Oeno).
NE • Recorded by O. Green in sand from the
North Beach at Henderson (results included
in Spencer, 1989b).
Species Authority* Common
name (if
known)
The Marine Environment of the Pitcairn Islands The Marine Environment of the Pitcairn Islands
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IUCN
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Oen Pit Hen Duc Offshore
Hauerina sp. - NE • • From seaweed sample (green clumped
weed) collected in 1 m depth in high energy
environment (Pitcairn: Tedside). Also from
dried seaweed sample; and from sediments
collected at 23 m and 33 m depth
(Henderson); and from beach sediment
(Oeno).
Bolivina sp. - NE • From seaweed sample (green clumped
weed) collected in 1 m depth in high energy
environment (Pitcairn: Tedside).
Heterostegina
depressa
d’Orbigny,
1826
Notes
NE • • Present in sample of beach sediment, N
Beach; and from sediment collected at
33 m depth (Henderson). From seaweed
sample (loose ‘strandy’ and attached weed)
and from sample of ‘yellow fucoid weed’
(Pitcairn: Tedside).
Peneroplis sp. - NE • • From seaweed sample (loose ‘strandy’ and
attached weed) (Pitcairn: Tedside). Also
from dried seaweed sample (Henderson).
Spirillina sp. - NE • From seaweed sample (loose ‘strandy’ and
attached weed) (Pitcairn: Tedside).
Miliolinella sp. - NE • • From seaweed sample (loose ‘strandy’ and
attached weed) (Pitcairn: Tedside). Present
in sample of beach sediment, N Beach; and
from sediment at 33 m depth (Henderson).
Acervulina sp. - NE • Present in sample of beach sediment, N
Beach; and from seaweed sample from
1 m depth (Henderson). From seaweed
sample (loose ‘strandy’ and attached weed)
and from sample of ‘yellow fucoid weed’
(Pitcairn: Tedside).
Discorbids - NE • From seaweed sample (loose ‘strandy’ and
attached weed) (Pitcairn: Tedside).
Small miliolids - NE • From seaweed sample (‘yellow fucoid
weed’) (Pitcairn: Tedside).
Pyrgo sp. - NE • Present in sample of beach sediment, N
Beach; and from sediment sample collected
at 33 m depth (Henderson).
Spiroloculina sp. - NE • Present in sample of beach sediment, N
Beach; and from seaweed sample from 1 m
depth; and from sediment at 33 m depth
(Henderson); and from beach sediment
(Oeno).
Spirosigmoilina sp - NE • Present in seaweed sample from 1 m depth,
reef flat (Henderson).
Schlumbergerina sp. - NE • Present in sample of beach sediment, N
Beach (Henderson).
Quinqueloculina sp. - NE • Present in sample of beach sediment, N
Beach; and in sediment from 33 m depth
(Henderson).
Pseudolachlanella sp. - NE • Present in sample of beach sediment, N
Beach; and in sediment from 23 m depth
(Henderson).
Amphisorus
hemprichii
Marginopora
vertebralis
Sphaerogypsina
globula
Ehrenberg,
1839
Quoy &
Gaimard, 1830
NE • • Present in samples of beach sediment, NW
Beach and N Beach; and from seaweed
sample from 1 m depth (Henderson). From
beach sediment (Oeno).
NE • • Present in samples of beach sediment, NW
Beach and N Beach (Henderson); and from
beach sediment (Oeno).
(Reuss, 1848) NE • • Present in samples of beach sediment, NW
Beach & N Beach (Henderson); and in beach
sediment (Oeno).
Triloculina sp. - NE • Present in sample of beach sediment, NW
Beach (Henderson).