the Cocos (Keeling) Islands
The
Cocos (Keeling)
Islands are
a territory of Australia
and are part of the Christmas and Cocos Islands tropical forests
ecoregion (EoE).
There is a single endemic subspecies of bird, the Cocos Buff-banded
Rail Gallirallus
philippensis andrewsi (iNaturalist)
(environment.gov.au
pdf).
Marine fishes known only from the Cocos (Keeling) Islands
include the Keeling Deepwater Cardinalfish Epigonus tuberculatus
(Fishes
of Australia)
and the Cocos Pygmygoby Trimma
insularum (Fishes
of Australia).
Invertebrates unique to the islands include a tineid moth Opogona (or Conchyliospila) simoniella (Naturhistorhiska
riksmuseet WM), a picture-winged fly Zygaenula (or Ortalis)
dispila (BHL),
a springtail Dicranocentrus dolosus
(GBIF),
a pseudoscorpion Garypus
dissitus (ResearchGate),
a mudflat crab Parasesarma
sigillatum (ResearchGate),
a
xanthid crab Paraxanthias
(or Lachnopodus)
gibsonhilli
(p. 15 of Raffles
Museum pdf), a copepod crustacean Clunia cocosensis
(p. 18 of Australian
Museum pdf), the amphipod crustaceans Floresorchestia poorei
(BHL)
and Nuuanu
stuckeyorum (GBIF),
a barnacle Trevathana
noae (GBIF),
a land snail Succinea
keelingensis
(p. 20 of Raffles
Museum pdf), and a sea snail Pugnus maesae (BHL).
The sole endemic plant is a subspecies of screwpine Pandanus tectorius cocosensis (flickr) (cover illustration and p. 467 of dccew.gov.au pdf) (Australia Post).
Marine algae known only from the islands include Asteromenia crenulata (BOLD), Verlaquea fimbriata (BOLD), and Meredithia compaginata (figs. 3-10 at ResearchGate) (BOLD).