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Compendium of Marine Species from New Caledonia fnstitut de recherche pour le developpement CENTRE DE NOUMEA DOCUMENTS SCIENTIFIQUES et TECHNIQUES Publication editee par: Centre IRD de Noumea Instltut de recherche BP A5, 98848 Noumea CEDEX pour le d'veloppement Nouvelle-Caledonie Telephone: (687) 26 10 00 Fax: (687) 26 43 26 L'IRD propose des programmes regroupes en 5 departements pluridisciplinaires: I DME Departement milieux et environnement 11 DRV Departement ressources vivantes III DSS Departement societes et sante IV DEV Departement expertise et valorisation V DSF Departement du soutien et de la formation des communautes scientifiques du Sud Modele de reference bibliographique it cette revue: Adjeroud M. et al., 2000. Premiers resultats concernant le benthos et les poissons au cours des missions TYPATOLL. Doe. Sei. Teeh.1I 3,125 p. ISSN 1297-9635 Numero 117 - Octobre 2006 ©IRD2006 Distribue pour le Pacifique par le Centre de Noumea. Premiere de couverture : Recifcorallien (Cote Quest, NC) © IRD/C.Oeoffray Vignettes: voir les planches photographiques Quatrieme de couverture . Platygyra sinensis © IRD/C GeoITray Matt~riel de plongee L'Aldric, moyen sous-marine naviguant de I'IRD © IRD/C.Geoffray © IRD/l.-M. Bore Recoltes et photographies Trailement des reeoHes sous-marines en en laboratoire seaphandre autonome © IRD/l.-L. Menou © IRDIL. Mallio CONCEPTIONIMAQUETIElMISE EN PAGE JEAN PIERRE MERMOUD MAQUETIE DE COUVERTURE CATHY GEOFFRAY/ MINA VILAYLECK I'LANCHES PHOTOGRAPHIQUES CATHY GEOFFRAY/JEAN-LoUIS MENOU/GEORGES BARGIBANT TRAlTEMENT DES PHOTOGRAPHIES NOEL GALAUD La traduction en anglais des textes d'introduction, des Ascidies et des Echinoderrnes a ete assuree par EMMA ROCHELLE-NEwALL, la preface par MINA VILAYLECK. Ce document a ete produit par le Service ISC, imprime par le Service de Reprographie du Centre IRD de Noumea et relie avec l'aimable autorisation de la CPS, finance par le Ministere de la Recherche et de la Technologie. ISSN 1297-9635 Numero 117 - Octobre 2006 © IRD 2006 CO:MPENDIUM OF MARINE SPEClES FROM NEW CALEDONIA Edited by CLAUDE E. PAYRI, BERTRAND RICHER DE FORGES Mots ch~s: INVENTAIRE FAUNISTIQUE/ALGUE MARINE/INVERTEBRE AQUATIQUE/BENTHOS/BIODIVERSI­ TE/GEOLOGIE/GEOMORPHOLOGIE/CLlMATOLOGIE/RECIF CORALLlEN/BASE DE DONNEES/NOUVELLE CALEDONIE COMPENDIUM OF MARINE SPECIES FROM NEW CALEDONIA Edited by CLAUDE E. PAYRI, BERTRAND RICHER DE FORGES Sommaire/Summary Preface / Foreword VIII Compendium of New Caledonian Marine species: overview 10 Claude E. PAYRI, Bertrant RICHER de FORGES Geology of the New Caledonia region and its implications for the study of the New Caledonian biodiversity 17 Bemard PELLETIER The diversity of New Caledonia coral reef geomorphology and genetic processes: a synthesis from optical remote sensing, coring and acoustic multi-beam observations 31 Serge ANDREFOUET, Guy CABIOCH, Benoit FLAMAND, Bernard PELLET/ER Hydroclimatic conditions in the southwest Pacific Ocean 49 Christophe MAES, Andres VEGA, Join SUDRE The flora of the neo-caledonian mangrove swamps 61 Jerome MUNZlNGER, Jean-Michel LEBIGRE Recent and Quaternary foraminifera collected around New Caledonia 67 Jean-Pierre DEBENAY, Guy CABIOCH Revised checklist of marine algae (Chlorophyta, Rhodophyta and Ochrophyta) and seagrasses (Marine Angiosperma) of New Caledonia 93 Claude E. PAYRI Porifera of New Caledonia. Remarks on the check list of shallow water species 111 John HOOPER, Monilm SCHLACHER-HOENLlNGER Hydroids of New Caledonia from literature study 117 Nicole GRAVIER-BONNET Black corals (Antipatharia) of New Caledonia 123 Molodtsova TlNA Zoantharia of New Caledonia 127 Frederic SINNIGER Tube anemones (Ceriantharia Anthozoa) of New Caledonia 129 Molodtsova TINA Actinaria of New Caledonia 131 Daphne FAUTIN • Diversity of stylasterid corals (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa: Stylasteridae) in deep water habitats of New Caledonia 133 Alberto Lindner Annotated check list of New Caledonian soft corals 135 Leen P. van OFWEGEN Gorgonian of New Caledonia 143 Manfred GRASSHOFF Scleractinia of New Caledonia: check list of reef dwelling species 147 Michel PICHON Bryozoa of New Caledonia 157 Dennis GORDON Shallow water brachiopod species of New Caledonia 169 Maria Aleksandra BITNER Phoronida of New Caledonia 171 Christian C. EMIG Polychaetes of New Caledonia 173 Frederic PLEIJEL Fish parasites: Platyhelminthes (Monogenea, Digenea, Cestoda) and nematodes, reported from off New Caledonia 181 lean-Lou lUSTINE Mollusca of New Caledonia 197 Philippe BOUCHET, Virginie HEROS, Philippe MAESTRATI, Pierre LOZOUET, Rudo von COSEL, Delphine BRABANT Pycnogonida of New Caledonia 219 Roger N BAMBER Copepoda of New Caledonia 223 GeoffA. BOXSHALL, Rony HUYS Ostracoda from New Caledonia 231 Louis KORNICKER Provisional list of the marine and freshwater isopods (Crustacea) of New Caledonia 233 Niel L. BRUCE The Amphipoda of New Caledonia 239 limLOWRY The Cirripedia of New Caledonia 247 Diana s. lONES Carideans, stenopedideans and lobsters of the New Caledonian shallow waters 253 Tin- Yam CHAN, Masako MITSUHASHI Peneides shrimps of New Caledonia 259 Alain CROSNIER Thallasinideans of New Caledonia 263 Peter DWORSCHAK • Paguroidea of New Caledonia and environs: Remarks on the preliminary checklist 267 Patsy A. MCLAUGHLIN Galatheoidea of New Caledonia and environs: Remarks on the preliminary checklist 271 Enrique MACPHERSON, K. BMA The Brachyura of New Caledonia 273 Bertrand RICHER DE FORGES, Peter K. L. NG Shallow water Stomatopoda of New Caledonia (0-100 m) 291 Shane T.AHYONG Echinodermata of New Caledonia 295 Nadia AMEZIANE Some comments on the Ascidians of New Caledonia 305 Fran~oise MONNIOT Checklist of the shore fishes of New Caledonia 313 Ronald FRICKE, Michel KULBICKI The sea snakes of New Caledonia (Elapidae, Hydrophiinae) 359 Ivan /NEICH Marine turtles of New Caledonia 367 Jean-Louis d'AUZON New Caledonian seabirds 371 Jerome SPAGGIARI, Nicolas BARRE, Julien BAUDAT-FRANCESCHI, Philippe BORSA Marine mammals of New Caledonia and the Loyalty islands. Check list of the species 385 Ciaire GARRIGUE Plates 393 • PREFACE La Nouvelle-Caledonie constitue un espace geographique, social, culturel, economique et poli­ tique au sein duquella recherche pour le developpement prend tout son sens et sa dimension. Elle represente en effet un des chemins pouvant contribuer a la structuration de la societe plurieth­ nique neo-caledonienne, au creur du Pacifique. La recherche releve d'une competence de l'Etat (Accord de Noumea, 1998). dans un contexte geopolitique regional, europeen et international. Toutefois, le Conseil Consultatif de la Recherche place aupres du Congres de la Nouvelle-Caledonie permet un dialogue et des echanges constants avec les collectivites territoriales. La competence «Environnement» etant provinciale, la proximite est permanente avec les trois provinces. Parmi de nombreux domaines de recherche, la connaissance et la gestion de la biodiversite mari­ ne constituent des themes d'interet pour la communaute scientifique nationale et internationale, de meme que pour les collectivites publiques. L'identification des especes, les associations au sein des recifs coralliens, les comportements des ecosystemes marins au regard des risques natu­ rels et anthropogeniques, l'usage des recifs coralliens comme marqueurs des variations clima­ tiques, la gestion des ressources liee ala quete des populations forment autant de domaines de recherches investigues par l'IRD et ses collaborateurs depuis plus de 60 ans. Ils correspondent a des axes thematiques qui placent la recherche finalisee comme un dispositif d'excellence afort potentiel de rayonnement national et international, au moment Oll certains sites coralliens de la Nouvelle-Caledonie sont presentes pour une inscription au Patrimoine mondial de l'UNESCO. Cette classification esperee represente un des outils qui permettrait de soutenir la Nouvelle­ Caledonie dans le developpement des societes traditionnelles confrontees aune economie active et mondialisee. Dans le cadre de cette strategie de recherche, nous sommes fiers, avec nos collaborateurs, de publier cet ouvrage, un guide des plus complets dans la thematique des especes marines ace jour. Apres la description des principales caracteristiques geologiques, climatiques et geomorpholo­ giques de la Nouvelle-Caledonie, ce compendium propose la liste de 8783 especes identifiees, le resultat d'efforts de recherche along terme et d'un veritable engagement. Pour la premiere fois, ce document donne la liste des especes de coraux de la Nouvelle-Caledonie. Nous profitons de cette opportunite pour remercier le rninistere de la recherche de nous avoir aide afinancer cette publication, ainsi que les autorites publiques pour leurs etroites collabora­ tions dans les etudes sur les especes marines de la Nouvelle-Caledonie. Ce compendium consti­ tue une pierre angulaire pour alimenter les projets de bases de donnees internationales telles que Coml, EDIT, OBIS, etc. C'est un outil indispensable pour la protection, la valorisation et la ges­ tion des ecosystemes coralliens, dans un esprit d'interet commun pour maintenir notre biodiver­ site comme un tresor inestimable pour le futur de l'humanite. Fabrice COLIN Directeur du Centre IRD de Noumea Delegue de l'IRD pour le Pacifique Sud FOREWORD New Caledonia is a geographical, social, cultural, economical and political area where the research for development fulfils all its meaning and expectations. Research represents indeed one ofthe paths contributing to the structuring ofa pluri-ethnic Caledonian society, in the mid­ dle ofthe Pacific region. Research comes under the responsibility
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