List of endemic species of Clipperton Island

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

Algae[edit]

Scientific Name Common Name Photo Ref
Cosmarium clippertonensi [2]

Fish[edit]

Scientific Name Common Name Photo Ref
Holacanthus limbaughi Clipperton Angelfish
[3][4]
Ophioblennius clippertonensis Clipperton Fangedblenny [3]
Stegastes baldwini Baldwin's Major [3]
Myripristis gildi Clipperton Cardinal Soldierfish [3]
Pseudogramma axelrodi Axelrod's Reefbass [3]
Thalassoma robertsoni Clipperton Rainbow Wrasse [3]
Xyrichtys wellingtoni Clipperton Razorfish [3]

Invertebrates[edit]

Scientific Name Common Name Photo Ref
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]

Vertebrates[edit]

Scientific Name Common Name Photo Ref
Emoia arundelii [20][21]


References[edit]

  1. ^ Sachet, Marie-Hélène (1962). "Geography and land ecology of Clipperton Island". Atoll Research Bulletin. 86: 1–115. doi:10.5479/si.00775630.86.1. ISSN 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. ^ a b c d e f g 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. 68 (3): 375–395. doi:10.2984/68.3.7. ISSN 0030-8870. S2CID 56166137.
  4. ^ Clua, E; Bessudo, S; Caselle, Je; Chauvet, C; Jost, C; Friedlander, Am (28 March 2019). "Population assessment of the endemic angelfish Holacanthus limbaughi from Île de La Passion-Clipperton Atoll (Tropical Eastern Pacific)". Endangered Species Research. 38: 171–176. doi:10.3354/esr00947. ISSN 1863-5407.
  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 (30 July 2021). "First record of the centipede Rhysida longipes (Newport, 1845) (Scolopendromorpha: Scolopendridae) from Clipperton Island, Eastern Pacific Ocean". The Pan-Pacific Entomologist. 97 (2). doi:10.3956/2021-97.2.85. ISSN 0031-0603. S2CID 237678734.
  7. ^ Shear, William A.; Peck, Stewart B. (1 November 1992). "Centipeds (Chilopoda) and Symphyla of the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador". Canadian Journal of Zoology. 70 (11): 2260–2274. doi:10.1139/z92-303. ISSN 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. ^ Wheeler, Quentin (11 August 2012). "New to nature No 80: Callyspongia roosevelti". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
  10. ^ "Cypridopsis oceanus". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
  11. ^ Van Soest, Rob W. M.; Kaiser, Kirstie L.; Van Syoc, Robert (29 April 2011). "Sponges from Clipperton Island, East Pacific". Zootaxa. 2839 (1): 1. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2839.1.1. ISSN 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)" (PDF). 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 (18 April 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. (12 January 2022). "New species of hesionid and phyllodocid polychaetes (Annelida, Errantia) from Clipperton Island". Zoosystema. 44 (1). doi:10.5252/zoosystema2022v44a1. ISSN 1280-9551. S2CID 247229830.
  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. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.15458. ISSN 0080-5947.
  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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