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Yule Island
Yule Island
Nature
Yule Island is surrounded by coral reefs[1].
Several spider species are endemic to this island, in-
cluding:[3]
• The jumping spider species Salticus perogaster and
Plexippus brachypus
• Heteropoda cyanognatha and Pandercetes longipes
(Sparassidae)
• Misumena arrogans and Stephanopis yulensis
(Thomisidae)
The Early Pliocene Echinodermata fauna is rich and di-
verse, with 19 species known to occur in the Kairuku For-
Location of Yule Island in Papua New Guinea
mation. Nearly half of these species are also represent-
ed in northern Australia stocks, with the northern Great
Geography Barrier Reef only 600 km away.[4]
Coordinates 8°49′S 146°32′E / 8.817°S 146.533°E / -8.817;
146.533Coordinates: 8°49′S 146°32′E / 8.817°S
146.533°E / -8.817; 146.533
Footnotes
[1] ^ Papua New Guinea Tourism Promotion Authority
Country
[2] Alfredo P. Hernandez
Papua New Guinea
[3] World Spider Catalog
[4] nomen nudum 28: report 2001-2002
Province Central Province
Yule Island is a small island in Central Province, Papua References
New Guinea. It lies 160 km from Port Moresby.[1] • Papua New Guinea Tourism Promotion Authority:
Central Province
History • Platnick, Norman I. (2007): The world spider catalog,
version 8.0. American Museum of Natural History.
Further reading
• Lindley, I. David (2003): Echinoids of the Kairuku
Formation (Lower Pliocene), Yule Island, Papua New
Guinea: Clypeasteroida. Regularia. Spatangoida.
Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales
124:
124 125-162.
• Lindley, I. David (2004): The Yule Island fauna and
the origin of tropical northern Australian echinoid
(Echinodermata) faunas. Proceedings of the Linnean
125:
Society of New South Wales 125 97-109.
Missionaries and inhabitants after 1902
• Alfredo P. Hernandez (2006): Invading Papua New
Guinea, Pinoy Style
Yule Island was one of the first areas in Central Province
to have contact with Europeans. Catholic missionaries
settled there in 1885 and are still present.[1] External links
With the European missionaries came catechists from
the Philippines, some of which married into the local
population. Today, many inhabitants of Yule Island have
distinct Filipino features.[2]
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