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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 •

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