Conservation Status of Marine Biodiversity in Oceania: An Analysis of Marine Species on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species

Table 1

Numbers and proportions of species of the different marine groups assessed to date for the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species in Oceania (CR: Critically Endangered, EN: Endangered, VU: Vulnerable, NT: Near Threatened, LC: Least Concern, DD: Data Deficient).

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Group	CR	EN	VU	NT	LC	DD	Total Oceania Species	no. of Oceania Endemics	% Oceania Endemism	no. of global species	% Threatened (CR, EN, VU) in Oceania	% DD in Oceania
Plantae	Angiospermae	Monocotyledons	Alismatales	Seagrasses			1		13	1	15	1	7%	72	7%	7%
Plantae	Magnoliophyta	Magnoliopsida	Multiple	Mangroves				1	23		24	0	0%	70	0%	0%
Animalia	Cnidaria	Anthozoa	Scleractinia	Corals	1	6	133	141	217	34	532	14	3%	845	26%	6%
Animalia	Chordata	Chondrichthyes	Chimaeriformes	Chimaeras					1	4	5	0	0%	174	0%	80%
Animalia	Chordata	Chondrichthyes	Rajiformes	Batoids	1	2	3	5	8	3	22	2	9%	511	27%	14%
Animalia	Chordata	Chondrichthyes	Multiple	Sharks	1	2	17	21	15	19	75	8	11%	357	27%	25%
Animalia	Chordata	Actinopterygii	Perciformes	Groupers (Epinephelinae)			4	10	32	14	60	4	7%	161	7%	23%
Animalia	Chordata	Actinopterygii	Perciformes	Angelfishes (Pomacanthidae)				1	41		42	8	19%	86	0%	0%
Animalia	Chordata	Actinopterygii	Perciformes	Butterflyfishes (Chaetodontidae)				1	55	3	59	9	15%	128	0%	5%
Animalia	Chordata	Actinopterygii	Perciformes	Parrotfishes (Scaridae and Odacidae)			1	2	37		40	4	10%	109	3%	0%
Animalia	Chordata	Actinopterygii	Perciformes	Wrasses (Labridae)			1		191	17	209	44	21%	503	0%	8%
Animalia	Chordata	Reptilia	Squamata	Seasnakes			1	1	15	2	19	4	21%	70	5%	11%
Animalia	Chordata	Reptilia	Testudines	Sea Turtles	2	2	1				5	0	0%	7	100%	0%
Animalia	Chordata	Aves	Multiple	Sea Birds	2	1	8	4	31	1	47	6	13%	190	24%	2%
Animalia	Chordata	Mammalia	Multiple	Marine Mammals	1	3	2		11	19	36	0	0%	132	17%	53%
				Total	8	16	172	187	690	117	1190	104			17%	10%