The Marine Environment of the Pitcairn Islands - Pew Environment ...
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Species Authority Common<br />
name (if<br />
known)<br />
Echinometra<br />
mathaei<br />
Echinometra<br />
oblonga<br />
Echinometra<br />
sp. 1<br />
Echinostrephus<br />
aciculatus<br />
Heterocentrotus<br />
mammillatus<br />
Heterocentrotus<br />
trigonarius<br />
Echinoeus<br />
cyclostomus<br />
Clypeaster sp.<br />
?reticulatus<br />
Mortonia<br />
australis<br />
Brissus<br />
latecarinatus<br />
Metalia<br />
spatangus<br />
86<br />
(de Blainville,<br />
1825)<br />
(de Blainville,<br />
1825)<br />
Matha’s sea<br />
urchin<br />
black oblong<br />
sea urchin<br />
IUCN<br />
code<br />
Oen Pit Hen Duc Offshore<br />
NE •<br />
- NE • •<br />
A. Agassiz,<br />
1863<br />
(Linnaeus,,<br />
1758)<br />
(Lamarck,<br />
1816)<br />
red slate pencil<br />
urchin<br />
purple slate<br />
pencil urchin<br />
Notes<br />
NE • • Common on reef flat and shallow forereef<br />
(0–9 m) at Henderson.<br />
NE • •<br />
Leske, 1778 NE • •<br />
(Linnaeus,,<br />
1758)<br />
NE •<br />
(Desmoulins,<br />
1835)<br />
NE • •<br />
(Leske, 1778) NE •<br />
(Linnaeus,<br />
1758)<br />
Class Asteroidea – starfish/sea stars, cushion stars, etc.<br />
Asteropecten<br />
polyacanthus<br />
Culcita<br />
novaeguineae<br />
Dactylosaster<br />
cylindricus<br />
Linckia<br />
guildingi<br />
Linckia<br />
laevigata<br />
Linckia<br />
multifora<br />
Ne<strong>of</strong>erdina<br />
cumingi<br />
Ophidiaster<br />
lorioli<br />
Acanthaster<br />
planci<br />
Allostichaster<br />
peleensis<br />
Mueller &<br />
Troschel, 1842<br />
NE • •<br />
Mueller &<br />
Troschel, 1842<br />
NE • •<br />
(Lamarck<br />
1816)<br />
NE •<br />
Gray, 1840 NE •<br />
(Linnaeus,<br />
1758)<br />
NE •<br />
(Lamarck,<br />
1816)<br />
NE • • •<br />
(Gray, 1840) NE •<br />
Fisher, 1906 NE •<br />
(Linnaeus,<br />
1758)<br />
NE •B •<br />
Marsh, 1974 NE • •<br />
Class Ophiuroidea – brittlestars, etc.<br />
Amphilimna<br />
tanyodes<br />
Devaney, 1974 NE •<br />
Amphiura<br />
bountyia<br />
Devaney, 1974 NE •<br />
Ophiactis sp. - NE •<br />
Macrophiothrix<br />
demessa<br />
Macrophiothrix<br />
sp.<br />
Ophiarachna<br />
megacantha<br />
Ophiothrix<br />
purpurea<br />
(Lyman, 1861) NE • •<br />
- NE •<br />
NE • • • Lives in crevices on fore-reef from<br />
10–20+ m depth.<br />
NE • • • Particularly abundant at Henderson,<br />
Oeno and Ducie on <strong>the</strong> fore-reef<br />
(0–3 m).<br />
NE • A relatively dense population found<br />
by Paulay on fore-reef at Henderson<br />
10–18 m depth.<br />
NE Not listed by Paulay (1989) but by<br />
Palomares et al., 2011<br />
Martens, 1867 NE •<br />
Species<br />
Ophiocoma<br />
brevipes<br />
Authority Common<br />
name (if<br />
known)<br />
Ophiocoma<br />
dentata<br />
Ophiocoma cf.<br />
doderleini<br />
Ophiocoma<br />
erinaceus<br />
Ophiocoma<br />
longispina<br />
Ophiocoma<br />
macroplaca<br />
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87<br />
IUCN<br />
code<br />
Peters, 1851 NE • •<br />
Oen Pit Hen Duc Offshore<br />
Mueller &<br />
Troschel, 1842<br />
NE • •<br />
Loriol, 1899 NE •<br />
Mueller &<br />
Troschel, 1842<br />
H.L. Clark,<br />
1917<br />
(H.L. Clark,<br />
1915)<br />
NE • •<br />
NE •<br />
NE •<br />
Ophiocoma pica Mueller &<br />
Troschel, 1842<br />
NE • •<br />
Ophiocoma<br />
pusilla<br />
(Brock, 1888) NE •<br />
Ophiocomella<br />
sexradia<br />
Ophionereis aff.<br />
dubia<br />
Ophionereis<br />
porrecta<br />
Ophiarachna<br />
megacantha<br />
ery<strong>the</strong>ma<br />
Notes<br />
(Duncan,<br />
1887)<br />
NE • •<br />
Mueller &<br />
Troschel,<br />
1842)<br />
NE • Not listed by Palomares et al. (2011).<br />
Lyman, 1860 NE •<br />
Devaney, 1974 NE •<br />
Ophiopeza kingi Devaney, 1974 NE •<br />
Class Holothuroidea – sea cucumbers<br />
Actinopyga<br />
mauritiana<br />
Actinopyga<br />
palauensis<br />
Holothuria<br />
(Halodeima) atra<br />
Holothuria<br />
(Halodeima)<br />
signata<br />
Holothuria<br />
(Lessonothuria)<br />
sp.3<br />
Holothuria<br />
(Micro<strong>the</strong>le)<br />
nobilis<br />
Holothuria<br />
(Platyperona)<br />
difficilis<br />
Holothuria<br />
(Semperothuria)<br />
cinerascens<br />
Holothuria<br />
(Thymiosycia)<br />
arenicola<br />
Holothuria<br />
(Thymiosycia)<br />
hilla<br />
Holothuria<br />
(Thymiosycia)<br />
impatiens<br />
Labidodemas<br />
semperianum<br />
(Quoy &<br />
Gaimard,<br />
1833)<br />
NE •<br />
Panning, 1944 NE •<br />
Jaeger, 1833 NE • • •<br />
Ludwig, 1875 NE • • •<br />
(Selenka,<br />
1867)<br />
NE •<br />
NE • • • •<br />
Semper, 1878 NE • •<br />
(Brandt, 1835) NE •<br />
Semper, 1868 NE •<br />
Lesson, 1830 NE •<br />
(Forsskål,<br />
1775)<br />
NE •<br />
Selenka, 1867 NE •