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Bicolor Gorgonian

Melithaea bicolor

Classification

Endemism in the Hawaiian Islands is the situation that the islands are home to a large number of endemic species unique to the archipelago. Located nearly 2,400 miles (about 3,900 km) from the nearest continental shore, the Hawaiian Islands are the most isolated group of islands on the planet. The plant and animal life of the Hawaiian archipelago is the result of early, very infrequent colonizations of arriving species and the slow evolution of those species—in isolation from the rest of the world's flora and fauna—over a period of at least 5 million years.

Distribution

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United States of America · 25France · 1