Kiribati
Birds
found nowhere
else than Kiribati include the Bokikokiko or Kiritimati Reed Warbler (eBird)
and the extinct Christmas Sandpiper (Wikipedia).
Marine fish known only from Kiribati include a triggerfish Xanthichthys
greenei (BDJ)
(Reef
Builders), the Y-barred Sandperch Parapercis
lata (GBIF),
the Candy Scale Pygmy Goby (FishBase),
a shrimpgoby Amblyeleotris
harrisorum (ResearchGate), a
damselfish Chrysiptera
albata (colnect)
(p.
8 of SPREP WM
pdf), a cardinalfish Neamia
xenica (ResearchGate),
a morid cod Physiculus
coheni (fig. 8 at Taylor
& Francis pdf), a snake eel Ophichthus
macrops (fig. A at BHL), a cusk-eel Neobythites macrocelli (p. 45 of zmuc.dk WM pdf)
and a gurnard Lepidotrigla jimjoebob
(figs.
4-6 at IngentaConnect
WM pdf).
Invertebrates unique to Kiribati include a planthopper Ugyops cercyo (p. 7 of Bishop
Museum WM pdf), a clown beetle Saprinus pacificus (ZooKeys),
the weevils Rhyncogonus
fosbergi
(GBIF)
and Rhyncogonus vagus
(p. 31 of Bishop
Museum WM pdf), a grasshopper Valanga gilbertensis
(OSF),
a dance fly Drapetis
kraussi
(p. 5 of Bishop
Museum WM pdf), the Rawaki Blow Fly Calliphora bryani (Bishop
Museum WM pdf), a nonbiting midge Pseudosmittia christmasensis
(PLAZI),
and
a jumping spider Saitis
aranukanus (WSC).
Endemic
marine invertebrates include a
squat lobster Paramunida
haigae (ResearchGate),
a crab Platepistoma
kiribatiense (GBIF),
an amphipod Luisacaprella
eliae (PLAZI),
a sponge Onotoa
amphiastra (GBIF) (BHL),
a spoon worm Ikedosoma
abemama (J-STAGE
pdf), and the marine
snails Chicoreus pisori
(GBIF)
and Murexsul
leonardi (GBIF)
(p. 3 of J-STAGE
pdf).
Vascular plants restricted to Kiribati are the Starbuck Island Daisy Bidens kiribatiensis
(UBC
pdf)
and the screw pines Pandanus
fanningensis (JSTOR)
(figs. 1-3 at ScholarSpace
pdf) and Pandanus hermsianus
(GBIF)
(figs.
4-5 at ScholarSpace
pdf).
The endemic
bunchgrass Lepturus
pilgerianus (JSTOR)
is sometimes considered a synonym of the widespread Lepturus repens (NZPCN).
Marine algae known only from Kiribati includes Polysiphonia quadrata (fig. 25 at BHL).
Kiribati is part of the Central Polynesian Moist Tropical Forests ecoregion (EoE).