French Polynesia

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Threatened

98

CR + EN + VU

Critically Endangered

27

CR

Endemic Threatened

10

Found only here

Declining

60%

59 species

Category Breakdown

Distribution of 98 threatened species

CR 27
EN 30
VU 41
CR: 27
EN: 30
VU: 41
Taxonomic Breakdown

Threatened species by group

fishes49 threatened
birds29 threatened
plants27 threatened
corals27 threatened
molluscs20 threatened
other invertebrates6 threatened
insects4 threatened
crustaceans4 threatened
fungi3 threatened
reptiles2 threatened
Top Threats in French Polynesia
1.Fishing & harvesting aquatic resources75 species
2.Invasive non-native/alien species/diseases70 species
3.Habitat shifting & alteration53 species
4.Annual & perennial non-timber crops45 species
5.Logging & wood harvesting44 species
6.Type Unknown/Unrecorded (pollution)36 species
7.Recreational activities31 species
8.Problematic native species/diseases27 species
9.Agricultural & forestry effluents23 species
10.Domestic & urban waste water21 species
Endemic Spotlight

10 endemic threatened species found only here

koralltrollhummer

EN

Munidopsis serricornis

Pohnpei ground Partula snail

CR

Partula guamensis

All Species in French Polynesia (171)
SpeciesStatusGroupTrend
Red-breasted Copra BeetleNecrobia ruficollisVUinsects?
Ischnura thelmaeENinsects↓
Cheilinus undulatusENfishes↓
Samoana bellulaCRmolluscs↓
Epinephelus polyphekadionVUfishes↓
Epinephelus fuscoguttatusVUfishes↓
Yellowbelly rockcodEpinephelus marginatusVUother invertebrates?
Holothuria scabraENother invertebrates↓
Caribbean Spiny LobsterPanulirus argusVUcrustaceans?
koralltrollhummerMunidopsis serricornisENcrustaceans?
Crevalle jackCaranx hipposVUother invertebrates?
Holothuria nobilisENother invertebrates?
Actinopyga echinitesVUother invertebrates↓
Great Land CrabCardisoma guanhumiVUcrustaceans?
Bolbometopon muricatumVUfishes↓
Stellar coralPsammocora stellataVUcorals?
Pohnpei ground Partula snailPartula guamensisCRmolluscs?
Praealticus natalisVUfishes→
Cactus CoralPavona decussataVUcorals?
tipped bubblegum coralPhysogyra lichtensteiniVUcorals?
pore coralMontipora flabellataVUcorals?
Montipora australiensisENcorals↓
Montipora caliculataENcorals↓
Montipora setosaENcorals↓
Montipora capricornisENcorals↓
Montipora patulaCRcorals↓
Alveopora allingiENcorals↓
Alveopora fenestrataENcorals↓
Pavona cactusVUcorals↓
Horse-musselModiolus modiolusVUmolluscs?
Balistes capriscusVUfishes↓
obelisksneglCerithiella metulaVUmolluscs?
Canthigaster marquesensisVUfishes?
Canthigaster rapaensisENfishes?
Oreochromis mossambicusVUfishes↓
Thunnus maccoyiiENfishes↑
Thunnus obesusVUfishes↓
Lethrinus mahsenaENfishes↓
Sicyopterus rapaENfishes?
Stiphodon discotorquatusCRfishes↓
Stiphodon julieniENfishes?
Ginglymostoma cirratumVUfishes↓
Nebrius ferrugineusVUfishes↓
Rhincodon typusENfishes↓
Negaprion acutidensENfishes↓
Negaprion brevirostrisVUfishes↓
Blue SharkPrionace glaucaVUother invertebrates?
Carcharhinus limbatusVUfishes↓
Carcharhinus melanopterusVUfishes↓
Carcharhinus albimarginatusVUfishes↓
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