Insula

NIUE ISLAND

Appendix IX. Frequency that species or groups of species (based on the Niuean names) of crabs and other crustaceans were said to be caught based on the answers of 18 groups of men and women in community-based surveys of biodiversity in villages in Niue in 1999 NIUEAN NAMES LAND CRABS kalavi, kulanahau (fem.) uga mea kalahimu pulou tautea , tea, tukutea? uga, fuluami or leei (juv.) fala, uga fala MARINE CRABS titoko, titoko tahi (T) kamakama paka tagau tūtū lielie (T), tepukihi (M) tohitohi ugauga ngota keka lokuloku tagau, tagau kula tagau, tagau uli, tagau puga tagogo tiki (siki) (M) LOBSTERS uo (gen.), tivā (juv.) tapatapa

COMMON NAMES

SCIENTIFIC NAME

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gecarcinid land crab hermit crab grapsid land crab hermit crab grapsid land crab coconut crab red hermit crab

Cardisoma longipes Coenobita brevimana Geograpsus grayii Coenobita rugosa? Geograpsus crinipes Birgus latro Coenobita perlatus

15 14 13 13 13 13* 5*

ghost crab grapsid rock crab red-legged swimming crab xanthid reef crabs three-spot reef crab reef crab shore crab marine hermit crab shore crab sponge crab unidentied small marine crab xanthid reef crab xanthid reef crab unidentied crab box crab

Ocypode cerathophthalma Grapsus albolineatus Charybdis erythordactyla Etisus spp. Carpilius maculatus Atergatis/Carpilius spp.? Plagusia depressa Dardanus and Trizopagurus spp. Plagusia dentipes Sphaerodromia sp.? Pilumnus sp.? Etisus dentatus/E. splendidus Etisis sp. ? Calappa hepatica

11* 6 6 5* 4 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

lobster slipper lobster

Panulirus spp. Parribacus caledonicus

11 8

* = species said to be rare or in short supply.

Appendix X. Frequency that species or groups of species (based on the Niuean names) of shellsh said to be caught based on the answers of 18 groups of men and women in community-based surveys of biodiversity in villages in Niue in 1999 NIUEAN NAME (S) gēgē alili, fua alili, patulagi (adult) fouli, fua fouli fua patupatu fua fufu, fufu nikoniko, fua nikoniko pule, fua pule (gen.) matapihu papahua hihi (gen.) ugakō hihi, hihi lulu, hihi alulu matatue, mamene mama tēmotuku

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COMMON NAMES giant clams rough turban shell drupe shells vase shells triton shell/cone shells star shells/top shells cowries Pacic sugar limpet jewel box shell nerite snails/land snails wormshell polished nerite wormshell chiton/sea slug drupe shells/rock shells

SCIENTIFIC NAME Tridacna maxima/T. squamosa Turbo setosus and T. chrysostomus Drupa spp. Vasum spp. Charonia tritonis/Conus spp. Astraea haematraga/ Trochus maculatus Cypraea spp. Patelloida saccharina Chama iostoma? Nerita spp. Siphonium maximus Nerita polita Dendropoma maximus Acanthopleura sp.? Morula, Thias and Drupella spp.

X/18 17* 15 11 10 10* 9* 8 7 6 5 5* 4 4 3 3