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Tunisia

Africa · Northern Africa

Total Species
107
Threatened
2
CR + EN + VU
Population
11,818,618
Area
163,610 km²

Conservation Status Overview

Critically Endangered 1
Vulnerable 1
Near Threatened 2
Least Concern 27
Not Evaluated 74

Species by Taxonomic Group

Animalia 65
Plantae 41
Fungi 1

Featured Species

Ecoregions

All Species in Tunisia

Eurasian Collared Dove

Streptopelia decaocto

Near Threatened

American Blue Crab

Callinectes sapidus

Not Evaluated

Ruddy Duck

Oxyura jamaicensis

Least Concern

Asian Shore Crab

Hemigrapsus sanguineus

Not Evaluated

silky shark

Carcharhinus falciformis

Vulnerable

Blue stingray

Dasyatis chrysonota

Near Threatened

Australian tubeworm

Ficopomatus enigmaticus

Not Evaluated

Harris mud crab

Rhithropanopeus harrisii

Not Evaluated

American Slipper Limpet

Crepidula fornicata

Not Evaluated

Mediterranean fruit fly

Ceratitis capitata

Not Evaluated

Japanese carpet shell

Ruditapes philippinarum

Not Evaluated

Giant Freshwater Prawn

Macrobrachium rosenbergii

Least Concern

Western flower thrips

Frankliniella occidentalis

Not Evaluated

Khapra beetle

Trogoderma granarium

Not Evaluated

Common Plume

Emmelina monodactyla

Least Concern

Brown Bryozoan

Bugula neritina

Not Evaluated

Pacific oyster

Magallana gigas

Not Evaluated

Leafhopper

Anoscopus albifrons

Least Concern

tamarix leafhopper

Opsius stactogalus

Not Evaluated

Leafhopper

Doratura stylata

Least Concern

Leafhopper

Elymana sulphurella

Least Concern

Leafhopper

Grypotes puncticollis

Least Concern

Leafhopper

Oncopsis flavicollis

Least Concern

Asian date mussel

Arcuatula senhousia

Not Evaluated

Twin-spot Plume

Stenoptilia bipunctidactyla

Least Concern

Yellow potato cyst nematode

Globodera rostochiensis

Not Evaluated

herb leafhopper

Eupteryx melissae

Not Evaluated

Leafhopper

Aguriahana stellulata

Least Concern

Leafhopper

Anoscopus serratulae

Least Concern

Leafhopper

Aphrodes bicincta

Least Concern

Leafhopper

Rhytidodus decimusquartus

Not Evaluated

Leafhopper

Allygus modestus

Least Concern

Leafhopper

Graphocraerus ventralis

Least Concern

Cottony cushion scale

Icerya purchasi

Not Evaluated

Copepod

Pseudodiaptomus marinus

Not Evaluated

Tube-building worm

Hydroides elegans

Not Evaluated

Weevil

Otiorhynchus cribricollis

Not Evaluated

Hairy Marron

Cherax tenuimanus

Critically Endangered

limy tubeworm

Hydroides dianthus

Not Evaluated

Palmate Octopus

Tremoctopus gracilis

Least Concern

mottled shore crab

Pachygrapsus transversus

Not Evaluated

Greek keyhole limpet

Diodora graeca

Not Evaluated

Sally Lightfooth crab

Percnon gibbesi

Not Evaluated

ginger prawn

Metapenaeus monoceros

Not Evaluated

bigfin reef squid

Sepioteuthis lessoniana

Not Evaluated

Ivory Barnacle

Amphibalanus eburneus

Not Evaluated

rayed pearl oyster

Pinctada radiata

Not Evaluated

peregrine shrimp

Metapenaeus stebbingi

Not Evaluated

European pheasant shell

Tricolia pullus

Not Evaluated

Amphipod

Caprella scaura

Not Evaluated

large-spotted sea hare

Aplysia dactylomela

Not Evaluated

striped pyjama nudibranch

Chromodoris quadricolor

Not Evaluated

Australian spotted jellyfish

Phyllorhiza punctata

Not Evaluated

Marine isopod

Paracerceis sculpta

Not Evaluated

Horehound Plume

Wheeleria spilodactylus

Not Evaluated

Ascidian

Symplegma brakenhielmi

Not Evaluated

striped false limpet

Siphonaria pectinata

Not Evaluated

hirsutus mealybug

Maconellicoccus hirsutus

Not Evaluated

humped keyhole limpet

Diodora gibberula

Not Evaluated

emerald nerite

Smaragdia viridis

Not Evaluated

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