Marine non-fish organisms reported from Kiribati

Table 1: 651 species currently present in the country/island (endemic, native, introduced, reintroduced);
Table 2: 1 species possibly present in the country/island (stray, questionable);
Table 3: 1 species demonstrated to be absent in the country/island (extirpated, not established, misidentification, error).
Table 4: 653 species reported from the country/island altogether.

Order	Family	Species	Occurrence	SeaLifeBase name
Oegopsida	Enoploteuthidae	Abralia astrosticta	native
Oegopsida	Enoploteuthidae	Abralia heminuchalis	native	Cephalopods
Oegopsida	Enoploteuthidae	Abralia similis	native
Oegopsida	Enoploteuthidae	Abraliopsis hoylei	native	Hoyle's enope squid
Scleractinia	Mussidae	Acanthastrea bowerbanki	native
Scleractinia	Mussidae	Acanthastrea echinata	native	Purple bullseye
Scleractinia	Mussidae	Acanthastrea ishigakiensis	native
Not assigned	Bonelliidae	Achaetobonellia maculata	native
Scleractinia	Acroporidae	Acropora abrotanoides	native
Scleractinia	Acroporidae	Acropora aculeus	native	Bottlebrush Acropora
Scleractinia	Acroporidae	Acropora acuminata	native
Scleractinia	Acroporidae	Acropora anthocercis	native
Scleractinia	Acroporidae	Acropora aspera	native	Green staghorn coral
Scleractinia	Acroporidae	Acropora austera	native	Stony coral colonies
Scleractinia	Acroporidae	Acropora carduus	native
Scleractinia	Acroporidae	Acropora cerealis	native
Scleractinia	Acroporidae	Acropora clathrata	native	Table coral
Scleractinia	Acroporidae	Acropora cytherea	native	Tabling Acropora
Scleractinia	Acroporidae	Acropora dendrum	native
Scleractinia	Acroporidae	Acropora digitifera	native
Scleractinia	Acroporidae	Acropora divaricata	native	Small polyp stone coral
Scleractinia	Acroporidae	Acropora donei	native
Scleractinia	Acroporidae	Acropora echinata	native
Scleractinia	Acroporidae	Acropora elseyi	native	Bottlebrush coral
Scleractinia	Acroporidae	Acropora exquisita	native
Scleractinia	Acroporidae	Acropora florida	native	Branch coral
Scleractinia	Acroporidae	Acropora formosa	native
Scleractinia	Acroporidae	Acropora gemmifera	native
Scleractinia	Acroporidae	Acropora globiceps	native
Scleractinia	Acroporidae	Acropora grandis	native
Scleractinia	Acroporidae	Acropora granulosa	native	Tubular table coral
Scleractinia	Acroporidae	Acropora horrida	native	Blue staghorn
Scleractinia	Acroporidae	Acropora humilis	native	Finger coral
Scleractinia	Acroporidae	Acropora hyacinthus	native	Brush coral
Scleractinia	Acroporidae	Acropora insignis	native
Scleractinia	Acroporidae	Acropora intermedia	native
Scleractinia	Acroporidae	Acropora latistella	native
Scleractinia	Acroporidae	Acropora listeri	native
Scleractinia	Acroporidae	Acropora longicyathus	native
Scleractinia	Acroporidae	Acropora loripes	native	Bluetip coral
Scleractinia	Acroporidae	Acropora lovelli	native	Cats paw
Scleractinia	Acroporidae	Acropora lutkeni	native
Scleractinia	Acroporidae	Acropora microclados	native	Strawberry shortcake Acropora
Scleractinia	Acroporidae	Acropora microphthalma	native	Small staghorn species
Scleractinia	Acroporidae	Acropora millepora	native	Plate Acropora
Scleractinia	Acroporidae	Acropora monticulosa	native
Scleractinia	Acroporidae	Acropora muricata	native
Scleractinia	Acroporidae	Acropora nana	native	Purple nana
Scleractinia	Acroporidae	Acropora nasuta	native	Branching staghorn coral
Scleractinia	Acroporidae	Acropora nobilis	native

Order

Family

Species

Occurrence

SeaLifeBase name

Name

Oegopsida

Enoploteuthidae

Abralia astrosticta

native

Oegopsida

Enoploteuthidae

Abralia heminuchalis

native

Cephalopods

Oegopsida

Enoploteuthidae

Abralia similis

native

Oegopsida

Enoploteuthidae

Abraliopsis hoylei

native

Hoyle's enope squid

Scleractinia

Mussidae

Acanthastrea bowerbanki

native

Scleractinia

Mussidae

Acanthastrea echinata

native

Purple bullseye

Scleractinia

Mussidae

Acanthastrea ishigakiensis

native

Not assigned

Bonelliidae

Achaetobonellia maculata

native

Scleractinia

Acroporidae

Acropora abrotanoides

native

Scleractinia

Acroporidae

Acropora aculeus

native

Bottlebrush Acropora

Scleractinia

Acroporidae

Acropora acuminata

native

Scleractinia

Acroporidae

Acropora anthocercis

native

Scleractinia

Acroporidae

Acropora aspera

native

Green staghorn coral

Scleractinia

Acroporidae

Acropora austera

native

Stony coral colonies

Scleractinia

Acroporidae

Acropora carduus

native

Scleractinia

Acroporidae

Acropora cerealis

native

Scleractinia

Acroporidae

Acropora clathrata

native

Table coral

Scleractinia

Acroporidae

Acropora cytherea

native

Tabling Acropora

Scleractinia

Acroporidae

Acropora dendrum

native

Scleractinia

Acroporidae

Acropora digitifera

native

Scleractinia

Acroporidae

Acropora divaricata

native

Small polyp stone coral

Scleractinia

Acroporidae

Acropora donei

native

Scleractinia

Acroporidae

Acropora echinata

native

Scleractinia

Acroporidae

Acropora elseyi

native

Bottlebrush coral

Scleractinia

Acroporidae

Acropora exquisita

native

Scleractinia

Acroporidae

Acropora florida

native

Branch coral

Scleractinia

Acroporidae

Acropora formosa

native

Scleractinia

Acroporidae

Acropora gemmifera

native

Scleractinia

Acroporidae

Acropora globiceps

native

Scleractinia

Acroporidae

Acropora grandis

native

Scleractinia

Acroporidae

Acropora granulosa

native

Tubular table coral

Scleractinia

Acroporidae

Acropora horrida

native

Blue staghorn

Scleractinia

Acroporidae

Acropora humilis

native

Finger coral

Scleractinia

Acroporidae

Acropora hyacinthus

native

Brush coral

Scleractinia

Acroporidae

Acropora insignis

native

Scleractinia

Acroporidae

Acropora intermedia

native

Scleractinia

Acroporidae

Acropora latistella

native

Scleractinia

Acroporidae

Acropora listeri

native

Scleractinia

Acroporidae

Acropora longicyathus

native

Scleractinia

Acroporidae

Acropora loripes

native

Bluetip coral

Scleractinia

Acroporidae

Acropora lovelli

native

Cats paw

Scleractinia

Acroporidae

Acropora lutkeni

native

Scleractinia

Acroporidae

Acropora microclados

native

Strawberry shortcake Acropora

Scleractinia

Acroporidae

Acropora microphthalma

native

Small staghorn species

Scleractinia

Acroporidae

Acropora millepora

native

Plate Acropora

Scleractinia

Acroporidae

Acropora monticulosa

native

Scleractinia

Acroporidae

Acropora muricata

native

Scleractinia

Acroporidae

Acropora nana

native

Purple nana

Scleractinia

Acroporidae

Acropora nasuta

native

Branching staghorn coral

Scleractinia

Acroporidae

Acropora nobilis

native

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