Cassytha filiformis


 
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distribution: (within Polynesia)

Cook Islands: Aitutaki, 'Atiu, Mangaia, Manihiki, Manuae, Ma'uke, Miti'aro, Nassau, Palmerston, Pukapuka, Rakahanga, Rarotonga, Suwarrow, Takutea, Tongareva
Fiji: Lakeba, Leleuvia, Makaluva, Moturiki, Nasoata, Nayau, Nukulau, Nukulevu, Rotuma, Vanua Levu, Vatulele, Viti Levu
Hawai'i Islands: Hawai'i, Kaua'i, Kure, Lana'i, Maui, Moloka'i, Ni'ihau, O'ahu
Kiribati: Abariringa, Enderbury, Kiritimati, Tabuaeran, Teraina
Niue
Pitcairn
Islands: Henderson, Oeno
Samoa: Ofu, Savai'i, Swains Island, Ta'u, Tutuila, 'Upolu
Society Islands
: Bora Bora, Huahine, Maiao, Manuae, Maupiti, Moorea, Mopelia, Motu One, Raiatea, Tahaa, Tahiti, Tetiaroa, Tupai
Tokelau: Fakaofo, Nukunonu
Tonga: Ata, 'Eua, Fafa, Fukave, Makaha'a, Manima, Maninita, Monuafe, Motutapu, Oneata, Onevai, Pangaimotu, Tau, Tufuka, Velitoa Hihifo
Tuamotu Archipelago: Akamaru, Aukena, Gaioio, Kouaku, Mangareva, Tararua-Roa, Tauna, Tekava, Temoe, Totegegie, Vaiatekeue (Gambier Islands); Ahe, Ahunui, Anaa, Apataki, Fakahina, Fakarava, Fangataufa, Hao, Hiti, Katiu, Kauehi, Kaukura, Makatea, Makemo, Manihi, Maria, Marutea Sud, Mataiva, Matureivavao, Mururoa, Niau, Paraoa, Pinaki, Rangiroa, Raroia, Reao, Tahanea, Taiaro, Takapoto, Takaroa, Takume, Tatakoto, Tenararo, Tenarunga, Tepoto Nord, Tikehau, Tikei, Toau, Tureia, Vahanga, Vanavana
Tubuai Islands: Maria, Raivavae, Rimatara, Rurutu, Tubuai
Tuvalu: Funafuti, Niutao, Nui
Wallis and Futuna: Futuna, Uvea

 
native name:

aieri - Tubuai Islands
ainoa - Tuamotu Archipelago
bualawalawa - Fiji
dredruma - Fiji
fatai - Fiji; Tonga
fetai - Samoa; Tokelau
feteinoa - Niue
gagaoa - Tuamotu Archipelago
hihi - Tuamotu Archipelago
hihihihi - Tuamotu Archipelago
kaigoka - Tuamotu Archipelago
kainoka - Tuamotu Archipelago
kaunaoa - Hawai'i Islands
kauna'oa malolo - Hawai'i Islands
kauna'oa pehu - Hawai'i Islands
kauna'oa uka - Hawai'i Islands
kave - Nassau, Pukapuka / Cook Islands
kave wetai - Nassau, Pukapuka / Cook Islands
kukuri - Tuamotu Archipelago
kukusi - Tuamotu Archipelago
lu'on ravak - Rotuma / Fiji
malolo - Hawai'i Islands
para - Tongareva / Cook Islands
pololo - Hawai'i Islands
tainoa - Society Islands; Tubuai Islands; Tuamotu Archipelago
taino'a - Tahiti / Society Islands
tainoka - Aitutaki, 'Atiu, Ma'uke, Miti'aro, Rarotonga / Cook Islands
tainoko - Manihiki, Palmerston, Rakahanga / Cook Islands
tamainao - Gambier Islands / Tuamotu Archipelago
tataa noka - Gambier Islands / Tuamotu Archipelago
tataenoka - Gambier Islands / Tuamotu Archipelago
taunene - Tubuai Islands
te louku - Nui / Tuvalu
te ntanini - Kiribati
tinoa - Society Islands
tititai - Mangaia / Cook Islands
tonene - Tubuai Islands
vao manoa - Samoa
wa lawa - Fiji
walutumailagi - Vanua Levu / Fiji
wa lutumailagi - Fiji
wa lutu mai lagi - Fiji
watikaievu - Fiji
wa urulagi - Fiji
wa uruilagi - Fiji
wa verlagi - Fiji

 
 
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Cassytha filiformis


Photos: by courtesy of Forest & Kim Starr (USGS)

 
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