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  2. Invasive species in Hawaii - Wikipedia

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    A herd of axis deer in Maui. Hawaii is the most isolated major land mass in the world and that isolation has led to very high rates of endemism.Uniquely adapted endemic species are often sensitive to competition from invasive species and Hawaii has had numerous extinctions (List of extinct animals of the Hawaiian Islands).

  3. Kauaʻi cave wolf spider - Wikipedia

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    The Kauaʻi cave wolf spider (Adelocosa anops, the only species in the genus Adelocosa), also known to local residents as the blind spider, is only known to occur in a few caves in a lava flow with an area of 10.5 km 2 (4.1 sq mi) in the Kōloa–Poʻipū region of Kauaʻi, Hawaiian Islands, and only six populations are known to exist. [3]

  4. Tripneustes gratilla - Wikipedia

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    Collector urchins are found at depths of 2 to 30 metres (7 to 100 ft) in the waters of the Indo-Pacific, Hawaii, the Red Sea, and The Bahamas. They can reach 10 to 15 centimetres (4 to 6 in) in size. They can reach 10 to 15 centimetres (4 to 6 in) in size.

  5. List of invasive plant species in Hawaii - Wikipedia

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    The following are some of the invasive plant species established in Hawaii: Ageratina riparia; Andropogon glomeratus; Andropogon virginicus; Argyreia nervosa;

  6. Palythoa toxica - Wikipedia

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    Palythoa toxica, also referred to by its Hawaiian common name, limu-make-o-Hana ('seaweed of death from Hana'), is a species of zoanthid native to Hawaii. [3] It is notable as the species in which palytoxin was discovered and from which it was first isolated.

  7. List of mushrooms of Hawaii - Wikipedia

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    Due to Hawaii's isolation many mushroom species are endemic (unique to the island chain). In total the Hawaiian Islands comprise a total of 137 islands and atolls, with a total land area of 6,423.4 square miles (16,636.5 km 2). [1] This archipelago and its oceans are physiographically and ethnologically part of the Polynesian subregion of Oceania.

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  9. Endemism in the Hawaiian Islands - Wikipedia

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    Located about 2,300 miles (3,680 km) from the nearest continental shore, the Hawaiian Islands are the most isolated group of islands on the planet. The plant and animal life of the Hawaiian archipelago is the result of early, very infrequent colonizations of arriving species and the slow evolution of those species—in isolation from the rest of the world's flora and fauna—over a period of ...