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Taiwan

Asia · Eastern Asia

Total Species
5813
Threatened
436
CR + EN + VU
Population
23 816 775
Area
36 193 km²

Conservation Status Overview

Critically Endangered 59
Endangered 131
Vulnerable 246
Near Threatened 193
Least Concern 1651
Data Deficient 132
Not Evaluated 3127
Extinct 30

Species by Taxonomic Group

Plantae 2026
Animalia 1779
Bacteria 872
Fungi 594
Chromista 352
Protozoa 181
Archaea 7
Viruses 2

Featured Species

Ecoregions

All Species in Taiwan

Protoperidinium steinii

Not Evaluated

Coscinodiscus granii

Not Evaluated

Coscinodiscus marginatus

Not Evaluated

Coscinodiscus concinnus

Not Evaluated

Coscinodiscus obscurus

Not Evaluated

Stephanopyxis palmeriana

Not Evaluated

Syracosphaera pulchra

Not Evaluated

Syracosphaera molischii

Not Evaluated

Gyrosigma acuminatum

Not Evaluated

Pleurosira laevis

Not Evaluated

Surirella linearis

Not Evaluated

Lithodesmium undulatum

Not Evaluated

Helicotheca tamesis

Not Evaluated

Ditylum brightwellii

Not Evaluated

Skeletonema costatum

Not Evaluated

Leptocylindrus danicus

Not Evaluated

Lauderia annulata

Not Evaluated

Pinnularia viridis

Not Evaluated

Pinnularia appendiculata

Not Evaluated

Gomphonema truncatum

Not Evaluated

Peridinium willei

Not Evaluated

Muricauda flavescens

Not Evaluated

Denticula tenuis

Not Evaluated

Nitzschia obtusa

Not Evaluated

Surirella robusta

Not Evaluated

Pinnularia biceps

Not Evaluated

Gaetbulibacter marinus

Not Evaluated

Halomonas sabkhae

Not Evaluated

Kephyrion rubri-claustri

Not Evaluated

Denticula subtilis

Not Evaluated

Cymatosira lorenziana

Not Evaluated

Meridion circulare

Not Evaluated

Fragilaria heideni

Not Evaluated

Lioloma elongatum

Not Evaluated

Tripos longipes

Not Evaluated

Pinnularia brevicostata

Not Evaluated

Pinnularia obscura

Not Evaluated

Navicula pseudobryophila

Not Evaluated

Cymbella hustedtii

Not Evaluated

Licmophora paradoxa

Not Evaluated

Saprolegnia diclina

Not Evaluated

Oxyneis binalis

Not Evaluated

Pythium graminicola

Not Evaluated

Bradyrhizobium rifense

Not Evaluated

Chaetoceros crinitus

Not Evaluated

Chaetoceros mitra

Not Evaluated

Chaetoceros seiracanthus

Not Evaluated

Pseudolabrys taiwanensis

Not Evaluated

Coscinodiscus lacustris

Not Evaluated

Coscinodiscus oculus-iridis

Not Evaluated

Vacuolaria virescens

Not Evaluated

Gyrodinium fusiforme

Not Evaluated

Gymnodinium aeruginosum

Not Evaluated

Uroglena volvox

Not Evaluated

Rhabdonema arcuatum

Not Evaluated

Phaeodactylum tricornutum

Not Evaluated

Diploneis littoralis

Not Evaluated

Diploneis papula

Not Evaluated

Diploneis coffaeiformis

Not Evaluated

Common Shorebug

Saldula saltatoria

Least Concern

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