List of species on Caroline Island explained

Species recorded on Caroline Island, one of the Line Islands in the south-central Pacific Ocean:

Flora

Trees

• Calophyllum
• Cocos nucifera
• Cordia subcordata
• Hibiscus tiliaceus
• Morinda citrifolia

• Pandanus tectorius
• Pisonia grandis
• Thespesia populnea

Shrubs

• Heliotropium foertherianum
• Scaevola taccada
• Suriana maritima
• Ximenia americana

Herbs

• Achyranthes canscens
• Boerhavia repens
• Heliotropium anomalum
• Ipomoea macrantha
• Ipomoea violacea
• Laportea ruderalis
• Lepidium bidentatum
• Lepturus repens
• Lygodium microphyllum
• Phyllanthus amarus
• Phymatosorus scolopendria
• Portulaca lutea
• Psilotum nudum
• Sida fallax
• Tacca leontopetaloides
• Tribulus cistoides

Fauna

Nesting seabirds

• Black noddy (Anous minutus)
• Blue-grey noddy (Procelsterna cerulea) (Kepler)
• Brown booby (Sula leucogaster)
• Brown noddy (Anous stolidus)
• Great frigatebird (Fregata minor)
• Lesser frigatebird (Fregata ariel)
• Masked booby (Sula dactylatra)
• Red-footed booby (Sula sula)
• Red-tailed tropicbird (Phaethon rubricauda) (Kepler)

• Sooty tern (Onychoprion fuscata)
• White tern (Gygis alba)

Other birds

• Bristle-thighed curlew (Numenius tahitiensis)

• Lesser golden-plover (Pluvialis dominica) (Kepler)
• Long-tailed cuckoo (Eudynamis taitensis)
• Pacific golden plover (Pluvialis fulva)
• Reef heron (Egretta sacra) (Kepler)
• Ruddy turnstone (Arenaria interpres) (Kepler)
• Sanderling (Crocethia alba) (Kepler)
• Short-eared owl (Asio flammeus ponapensis)^[1]
• Wandering tattler (Tringa incana)

Lizards

• Azure-tailed skink (Emoia cyanura) (Kepler)
• Emoia impar (Kepler)
• Moth skink (Lipinia noctua) (Kepler)
• Mourning gecko (Lepidodactylus lugubris) (Kepler)
• Polynesian gecko (Gehyra oceanica) (Kepler)

• Snake-eyed skink (Cryptoblepharus poecilopleurus) (Kepler)

Mammals

• Pacific bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops gilli) (Kepler)
• Polynesian rat (Rattus exulans) (Kepler)

Turtles

• Green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas)

Crabs

• Coconut crab (Birgus largo)
• Red spotted crab (Carpilius maculatus) (Kepler)
• Scarlet crab (Cornobita perlatus) (Kepler)

Polychaetes

• Calcareous tubeworm (Serpula tetratropia)^[2]

References

• A.K. . Kepler . C.B. Kepler . February 1994 . The natural history of the Caroline Atoll, Southern Line Islands . Atoll Research Bulletin . 397-398 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070311030022/http://www.botany.hawaii.edu/faculty/duffy/arb/397-398/ . 2007-03-11 .

Notes and References

1. Web site: Short-eared Owl ssp ponapensis - Asio flammeus ponapensis. 2021-01-12. Observation.org. en.
2. Book: Proceedings of the first International Polychaete Conference. Harry A. ten Hove (1984). Towards a phylogeny in serpulids (Annelida; Polychaeta). P.A. Hutchings . 1984. The Linnean Society of New South Wales. Sydney. 181–196. 0-9590535-0-6.