Biodiversity Saint Paul's Rocks (SPR)
 
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Species Families Species Families
Marine 61 35 No
Freshwater No
Total 62 35 No
Conservation Due to the dimension of the archipelago, all species endemic to St Peter and St Paul’s Rocks have an extremely limited geographic distribution. The area above the 50 m isobath for the whole archipelago is said to be <0.5 km2 (Lubbock & Edwards, 1981; Feitoza et al., 2003). Most species listed as endangered or vulnerable (IUCN, 2004; Ministe´ rio do Meio Ambiente, 2004a) are so considered because the available space for them is very limited (Hawkins et al., 2000) (Ref. 58184).
Geography and Climate Group of volcanic rocks in the Atlantic Ocean. A remote group of barren islets in equatorial Atlantic Ocean, on the mid-Atlantic ridge (00°55'N; 29°21'W); The Archipelago, which belongs to Brazil, is only 400 m across at its greatest extent, lying approximately 960 km off Cabo de São Roque, north-eastern coast of Brazil and 1890 km south-west of Senegal, West Africa (Ref. 88827).
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