Birds found nowhere
else than Kiribati include the Bokikokiko or Christmas Island Warbler (Theme
Birds on Stamps) and the extinct Kiritimati Sandpiper (NHM
- London).
Marine fish known only from Kiribati include the Golden Anthias Pseudanthias aurulentus (eol),
the Y-barred Sandperch Parapercis
lata (Morphbank), the Candy Scale Pygmy Goby Trimma squamicana (FishBase), a wrasse Coris centralis(eol),
a
damselfish Chrysiptera
albata(p. 8 of SPREP 5 MB pdf file),
a goby Amblyeleotris
harrisorum(eol),
a gurnard Lepidotrigla jimjoebob(FishBase), and a cardinalfish Neamia xenica (BioOne).
Insects unique to Kiribati include the weevils Rhyncogonus fosbergi and
Rhyncogonus vagus
(p. 31 of Bishop
Museum pdf file), a dance fly Drapetis kraussi
(p. 5 of Bishop
Museum 6 MB pdf file), a blowfly Calliphora bryani (Bishop
Museum pdf file), and a biting midge Dasyhelea dupliforceps
(Catalogue
of Life). Endemic marine molluscs include a murex
snail Muricopsis
leonardi (CiNii).
Vascular plants restricted to Kiribati are the Starbuck Island Daisy Bidens kiribatiensis
(PBIF)
and a screw pine Pandanus
fanningensis (ScholarSpace
8 MB pdf file). A second endemic screw pine Pandanus hermsianus
(UCJEPS)
may not be distinct from the widespread Pandanus tectorius (Wikipedia).
Kiribati is part of the Central Polynesian Moist Tropical Forests
ecoregion (WWF).