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Endangered and Threatened Invertebrates and Plants

List of Invertebrate and Plant Species under NMFS' Jurisdiction

(E = "endangered"; T = "threatened")

Marine Invertebrates (4 listed "species")

SpeciesYear
Listed		StatusCritical
Habitat*		Recovery
Plan*
abalone, black
(Haliotis cracherodii)		2009Efinalno
abalone, white
(Haliotis sorenseni)		2001Enot prudent [pdf]final
coral, elkhorn
(Acropora palmata)		2006T*finalin process
coral, staghorn
(Acropora cervicornis)		2006T*finalin process

* These corals are proposed to be reclassified from threatened to endangered.


Marine Plants (1 listed "species")

SpeciesYear
Listed		StatusCritical
Habitat*		Recovery
Plan*
Johnson's seagrass
(Halophila johnsonii)		1999Tfinalfinal
* NOTE: Critical habitat and recovery plans are not required for foreign species; critical habitat is also not required for species listed prior to the 1978 ESA amendments that added critical habitat provisions.

Endangered and Threatened Marine Species

Updated November 30, 2012