Maldives
Among the marine fish known only from the Maldives are the Maldives Blenny Ecsenius minutus (Sous les Mers), the Maldives Dottyback Pseudoplesiops occidentalis (FishBase), the Maldives Sandperch Parapercis signata (iNaturalist), the righteye flounders Poecilopsetta albomaculata (GBIF) and Marleyella maldivensis (BHL), a sole Aseraggodes andersoni (ResearchGate), the Maldives Sweeper Pempheris hadra (FishBase), the Specklehead Cardinalfish Apogonichthyoides maculipinnis (ResearchGate), the Stout Jawfish Opistognathus crassus (FishBase), the Maldives Tonguefish Symphurus maldivensis (Bioline Int'l), the threefin blennies Helcogramma larvata (BHL) and Helcogramma maldivensis (iNaturalist), the Red Stareye Dwarfgoby Eviota marteynae (coralreeffish.com pdf), the Redlined Hogfish Terelabrus flavocephalus (Reef Builders), the Tiny Dragonet Callionymus tenuis (GBIF), and the Maldives Silverbiddy Gerres maldivensis (BioOne). Frontilabrus caeruleus (FishBase) (IUCN) is an endemic genus of wrasse.
Two subspecies of fruit bat are endemic: Pteropus giganteus ariel (flickr) and Pteropus hypomelanus maris (flickr).
Land invertebrates unique to the Maldives include a flower moth Scythris atollicola (GBIF), a hawk moth Macroglossum svetlana (Atalanta pdf), a teak moth Hyblaea maldivesa (BOLD), an erebid moth Alloscotia ellipsomacula (Afromoths), a damselfly Enallagma maldivense (GBIF) (IUCN), a large carpenter bee Xylocopa esica (GBIF), a sand wasp Bembix maldivensis (BHL), a leafhopper Coelidia maldivensis (Internet Archive), a coral bug Halovelia convexa (p. 10 of Raffles pdf), a huntsman spider Heteropoda atollicola (iNaturalist), a centipede Ballophilus maldivensis (Google Books), the pseudoscorpions Feaella obscura (Zoosystematics & Evolution) and Garypus maldivensis (ResearchGate), and the terrestrial isopods Eubelinum incertum and Styloniscus maldivensis (both at ResearchGate).
Endemic marine invertebrates include the nudibranchs Phyllidia koehleri (Sea Slug
Forum WM) (iNaturalist) and Goniobranchus tritos (iNaturalist),
a chiton Ischnochiton
feliduensis (fig. 12C at ResearchGate), a ribbed miter Thala
maldivensis (WMSDB), the margin snails Demissa
maldiviensis (GBIF) and Volvarina reeveana (figs. 10-13 at ResearchGate),
a zebinid snail Zebina moolenbeeki (Eddie Hardy), a brachiopod Ospreyella
maldiviana (Taylor
& Francis),
the shrimps Odontonia
maldivensis (GBIF)
and Periclimenaeus
tchesunovi (p. 2 of AToL
Decapoda pdf),
a snapping shrimp Alpheus dingabadi (Species New to Science), a wormshrimp Ingolfiella maldivensis (ZooKeys),
a squat lobster Galathea
schnabelae (GBIF),
a hermit crab Paguritta scottae (fig. 9 at AToL Decapoda pdf), a staghorn coral Acropora
eibli (BHL),
a stony coral Montipora
maldivensis (p. 104 of CORE
pdf), an octocoral Melithaea maldivensis
(iNaturalist),
a bryozoan Exechonella
maldiviensis (GBIF),
and the sponges Cliona
nodulosa
(fig. 3 at ResearchGate pdf) and Clathrina
repens (GBIF).
Five species of screw pine including Pandanus fosbergii,
Pandanus adduensis,
Pandanus hartmanii,
Pandanus karikayo,
and Pandanus maldivecus
(all at UH
- Manoa pdf) have been described from the Maldives but
are currently considered synonyms of the widespread Pandanus odorifer (iNaturalist).
There are no other endemic vascular plant species.
Marine algae known only from the Maldives include Dictyurus maldivensis (JSTOR).
The Maldives are part of the Maldives-Lakshadweep-Chagos Archipelago
Tropical MoistForests terrestrial ecoregion (EoE)
and part of the Northern Indian Ocean coral reef hotspot (Columbia
Univ. WM pdf).
An overview of the biodiversity of the
Maldives can be found at (CBD
pdf).