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The atoll is an American wildlife refuge almost due south of the Hawaiian Islands, roughly one-third of the way between Hawaii and American Samoa. This list's taxonomic treatment (designation and sequence of orders, families and species) and nomenclature (common and scientific names) follow the conventions of The Clements Checklist of Birds of ...
Palmyra Atoll. The Lepidoptera of Palmyra Atoll consist of both the butterflies and moths recorded from Palmyra Atoll in the Pacific Ocean. The atoll consists of an extensive reef, two shallow lagoons, and some 50 sand and reef-rock islets and bars covered with vegetation—mostly coconut trees, Scaevola, and tall Pisonia trees.
Palmyra Atoll (/ p æ l ˈ m aɪ r ə /), also referred to as Palmyra Island, is one of the Northern Line Islands (southeast of Kingman Reef and north of Kiribati). It is located almost due south of the Hawaiian Islands , roughly one-third of the way between Hawaii and American Samoa .
Coconut crab on Palmyra Atoll B. latro is both the largest living terrestrial arthropod and the largest living terrestrial invertebrate. [ 12 ] [ 13 ] Reports of its size vary, but most sources give a body length up to 40 cm (16 in), [ 14 ] a weight up to 4.1 kg (9 lb), and a leg span more than 0.91 m (3 ft), [ 15 ] with males generally being ...
Palmyra Atoll, an atoll in the North Pacific Ocean 960 nmi (1,780 km) south of Honolulu, coordinates , about halfway between Hawaii and American Samoa. The atoll has a total area of 1,949 km 2, of which 3.9 km 2 is land and 1,946 km 2 is water.
A tracking study off Palmyra Atoll in the central Pacific has found the blacktip reef shark has a home range of around 0.55 km 2 (0.21 sq mi), among the smallest of any shark species. The size and location of the range does not change with time of day.
The Coral reefs of Kiribati consists of 32 atolls and one raised coral island, Banaba (Ocean Island), which is an isolated island between Nauru and the Gilbert Islands. The islands of Kiribati are dispersed over 3.5 million km 2 (1.4 million sq mi) of the Pacific Ocean and straddle the equator and the 180th meridian , extending into the eastern ...
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