List of endemic species of Clipperton Island

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

Algae

Scientific Name Common Name Photo Ref
Cosmarium clippertonensi [2]

Fish

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

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

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


References

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  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
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  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).
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  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.