List of endemic species of Clipperton Island explained

Clipperton Island, also known as Île de la Passion, is an uninhabited French atoll in the eastern Pacific Ocean.[1]

Fish

!Scientific Name!Common Name!Photo!Ref
Holacanthus limbaughiClipperton Angelfish[3] [4]
Ophioblennius clippertonensisClipperton Fangedblenny
Stegastes baldwiniBaldwin's Major
Myripristis gildiClipperton Cardinal Soldierfish
Pseudogramma axelrodiAxelrod's Reefbass
Thalassoma robertsoniClipperton Rainbow Wrasse
Xyrichtys wellingtoniClipperton Razorfish

Invertebrates

Scientific NameCommon NamePhotoRef
Succinea atollica[5]
Cryptops navigans[6] [7]
Calcinus mclaughlinae[8]
Callyspongia roosevelti[9]
Cypridopsis oceanus[10]
Suberea etiennei[11]
Turbonilla clippertonensis[12] [13]
Chrysallida limbaughi[14]
Chama rubropicta[15]
Epicodakia clippertonensi[16]
Megabalanus clippertonensis[17]
Anaitides albengai[18]
Potamocypris insularis[19]

Notes and References

  1. Sachet . Marie-Hélène . 1962 . Geography and land ecology of Clipperton Island . Atoll Research Bulletin . 86 . 1–115 . 10.5479/si.00775630.86.1 . 0077-5630.
  2. Published in: Taylor, W.R. (1939). Algae collected on the Presidential Cruise of 1938. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 98, no. 9: 1-18, 2 plates
  3. Fourriére . Manon . Reyes-Bonilla . Héctor . Rodríguez-Zaragoza . Fabián A. . Crane . Nicole . 2014 . Fishes of Clipperton Atoll, Eastern Pacific: Checklist, Endemism, and Analysis of Completeness of the Inventory . Pacific Science . en . 68 . 3 . 375–395 . 10.2984/68.3.7 . 56166137 . 0030-8870.
  4. Clua . E . Bessudo . S . Caselle . Je . Chauvet . C . Jost . C . Friedlander . Am . 2019-03-28 . Population assessment of the endemic angelfish Holacanthus limbaughi from Île de La Passion-Clipperton Atoll (Tropical Eastern Pacific) . Endangered Species Research . en . 38 . 171–176 . 10.3354/esr00947 . 1863-5407. free .
  5. Salvat, B., & Ehrhardt, J. P. (1970). Mollusques de l’île de Clipperton. Bull. Mus. Nat. Hist. Nat, 42, 223-231.
  6. Cupul-Magaña . Fabio G. . Clua . Eric E. G. . Adolfo Tortolero-Langarica . José de Jesús . 2021-07-30 . First record of the centipede Rhysida longipes (Newport, 1845) (Scolopendromorpha: Scolopendridae) from Clipperton Island, Eastern Pacific Ocean . The Pan-Pacific Entomologist . 97 . 2 . 10.3956/2021-97.2.85 . 237678734 . 0031-0603.
  7. Shear . William A. . Peck . Stewart B. . 1992-11-01 . Centipeds (Chilopoda) and Symphyla of the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador . Canadian Journal of Zoology . en . 70 . 11 . 2260–2274 . 10.1139/z92-303 . 0008-4301.
  8. Poupin J. & Bouchard J. M. 2006. The eastern Pacific species of the genus Calcinus Dana, 1851, with description of a new species from Clipperton Island (Decapoda, Anomura, Diogenidae). Zoosystema 28 (2) : 465-486
  9. News: Wheeler . Quentin . 2012-08-11 . New to nature No 80: Callyspongia roosevelti . en-GB . The Guardian . 2023-12-27 . 0261-3077.
  10. 9222073. Cypridopsis oceanus. 27 December 2023.
  11. Van Soest . Rob W. M. . Kaiser . Kirstie L. . Van Syoc . Robert . 2011-04-29 . Sponges from Clipperton Island, East Pacific . Zootaxa . 2839 . 1 . 1 . 10.11646/zootaxa.2839.1.1 . 1175-5334.
  12. WoRMS (2011). Turbonilla clippertonensis Hertlein & Allison, 1968. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=575991 on 2012-03-01
  13. Keen M. (1971). Sea shells of Tropical West America. Marine mollusks from Baja California to Perú. (2nd edit.). Stanford University Press pp. 1064:
  14. Kaiser . Kirstie . 2007 . Recent Mollusk And Fauna of Ile Clipperton (Tropical Eastern Pacific) . The Festivus . 39.
  15. Coan, E. V.; Valentich-Scott, P. (2012). Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. 2 vols, 1258 pp
  16. Bartsch, P. & Rehder, H. A. (1939). Mollusks collected on the Presidential cruise of 1938. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. 98(10): 1-18, pls 1-5
  17. Zullo . Victor . April 18, 1969 . A new subspecies of Balanus tintinnabulum (Linnaeus, 1758) (Cirripedia, Thoracica) from Clipperton Island, Eastern Pacific . Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences . 36 . 16.
  18. Salazar-Vallejo . Sergio I. . 2022-01-12 . New species of hesionid and phyllodocid polychaetes (Annelida, Errantia) from Clipperton Island . Zoosystema . 44 . 1 . 10.5252/zoosystema2022v44a1 . 247229830 . 1280-9551.
  19. Allison . E C . Holden . J C . 1971 . Recent Ostracodes From Clipperton Island Eastern Tropical Pacific . Transactions of the San Diego Society of Natural History . 16 . 165–214 . 10.5962/bhl.part.15458 . 0080-5947. free .
  20. Ineich, I., & Blanc, C. P. (1988). Distribution des reptiles terrestres en Polynesie Orientale. Atoll Research Bulletin.
  21. Ineich, I. (2009). Inventaire herpétologique de l’île de Maiao, archipel de la Société (Polynésie française). Bulletin de la Société herpétologique de France, 130(131), 51-63.

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