418 WORLD ATLAS OF CORAL REEFS Palawan. Philippines 283, 285. 288 Palawan Passage, Philippines 285 Palawan UNESCO Biosphere Reserve, Philippines 285, 286 Paljnura 35, 36 Palk Bay. Sri Lanka 2U Palk Strait, Indian Lanka 2U, 218 Palm Beach, Florida 96 Palm Islands, Queensland 312, 313,317 Palmerston Atoll. Cook Islands 381,383 Palmerston Lagoon HR. Cook Islands 383. 38 Palmyra Atoll. Usakiribati 364. 39A. 396, 397 Paioia siciuensis 49 Palolo Deep Marine R. Samoa 375, 376 palolo worm 49 Palu, Indonesia 273 Pamban Island, Gulf of Mannar 2U, 215 Panama 93. 125-9 Panama Canal 57, 61. 126. 127. 128 Panama City, Panama 126 Pananjung Pangandaran NR, Indonesia 268. 280 Panay, Philippines 281, 285 Panay Gulf, Philippines 285 Pandora Passage, Great Barrier Reef 311 Pangaimotu Reef R, Tonga 378, 380 Pangani, Tanzania 187 Pangani River. Tanzania 187 Pangavini MR. Tanzania 187, 189 Panglao Island-balicasag Area METZ. Philippines 285, 286 Panguana mine, Papua New Guinea 328 Panuljrus pp, 35 Panulirus argus 119, 136 Papeete. Tahiti. Society Islands 388 Papua. Gulf of, see Gulf of Papua Papua New Guinea 47. 274. 301 308313,323325-9 biodiversity 328-9 protected areas 329 see also Torres Strait Papuan Barrier Reef. Papua New Guinea 326, 327 Papuans 323 Paracel Islands. South China Sea 287, 288 Parcel del Abrolhos. Brazil 172 Parcel Manoel Luis SMP. Brazil 175 Parepare. Indonesia 273 Pana, Gulf see Gulf of Paria Parque Esladual Marinho do Parcel Manoel Luis, Ramsar Site, Brazil 175 Parque Nacionaljeanette Kawas, Npramsar Site, Honduras 123, 124 Parque Submarmo La Caleta NP, Dominican Republic 151, 152 parrotfish 42, 155 bump-headed 345 stoplight 99 Passage Patteson, Vanuatu 339 Passe de Longogon SIR, Mayotte 198. 199 Pati Point NA. Guam 350. 353 Pati-pati GR, Indonesia 273. 280 Pavona clavus 128 Pavona sp. 1 13 peacock grouper 369 peacock mantis shrimp 36 peanut worms 35 Pearl Cays, Nicaragua 122. 123 pearl culture 52, 53, 386,389 Pearl and Hermes Atoll. Hawaiian Islands 393, 396 Pedro Bank. Jamaica 138. 139 Pedro Cays, Jamaica 138. 139 Pedum spondyloideum 38 Pelee. mountain, Martinique 163 Peleng Island, Indonesia 273, 276 Pelican Cays Land and Sea NP, Bahamas 104. 105 Pelinaion and Rita Zovetto PA, Bermuda 100, 102 Pelong Rocks. Brunei Darussalam 270 Pemba, Mozambique 190 Pemba Channel, Tanzania 186, 187 Pemba Island. Tanzania 182. 186. 187. 188 Pen-hu Pescadores] Islands, Taiwan 293. 294 Penaeidea 36 Penaeus sp 136 penguins 321 Peninsula de Guanahacabibes UNESCO Biosphere Reserve. Cuba 134, 137 Pennatulacea 33 Penrhyn, Cook Islands 381. 382 Pentecote Island, Vanuatu 339 Percy Islands. Queensland 314. 315 Perle. Mauritius 206. 207 Peros Banhos, British Indian Ocean Territory 226. 227 Perth. Australia 306, 307 Peru Coastal Current 133 Peru Oceanic Current 133 Pescadores Islands see Pen-hu Islands, Taiwan Peter Island BS, British Virgin Islands 154. 157 Peterson Cay NP. Bahamas 104. 105 Petite-terre NR, Guadeloupe 159, 166 Petrie Reef, New Caledonia 334, 335 Phangnga, Thailand 262 pharmaceuticals 54 Philippine Sea 282, 285 Phllippmesso, 70. 282-6 Philippines Trench 281 Phillipines tectonic plate 300. 348, 351 Phnom Penh. Cambodia 288 Phoenix Islands. Kiribati 363. 364, 365 phosphate mining 364. 367 Phu Quoc Island. Vietnam 288. 289 Phuket. Thailand 261-3. 262 Phaeophyta 30 Phyllangia amencana 175 Physalia sp. 32 Pigeon Island ETC. St, Lucia 160. 167 Pigeon Islets. Guadeloupe 159, 162 Pikelot, Federated States of Micronesia 355 Pinar del Rio Province, Cuba 134. 136 Pinatubo mountain, Philippines 283 Pinctada margaritifera 52 Pmgelap. Federated States of Micronesia 356 Pinjamtanjung Manton GR. Indonesia 273. 280 pink anemonefish 287 Pirung WMA. Papua New Guinea 326. 329 Pitcairn, Pitcairn Islands 389. 390 Pitcairn Islands. Pacific Ocean 389-91 Pitt Bank, British Indian Ocean Territory 226, 227 Placencia, Belize 117, 118 Plantagenet Bank 101 Platax orbicularis 352 platform reefs 17 Platte Island. Seychelles 200. 202 Platyhelminthes 35 Playa del Carmen, Mexico 114. 115 Plectorhinchus orientalis 41 Plectropomus leopardus 304 Pleistocene extinctions 259 Plexaura flexuosa 135 Plexaura homomalla 135 Plexaura sp. 168 Pliocenepleistocene glaciations 93 Poblacion MUMR, Philippines 285, 286 Pocillopora damicornis 128. 250 Pocillopora effusus 110 Pocillopora elegans 128 Pocillopora sp. 113, 128, 132. 249. 386, 389 Pocklington Reef. Papua New Guinea 326 Poe SPR, New Caledonia 335. 337 Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia 354, 356, 358, 359 Pointe de Bretagne-pointe de letang Sale FIR, Reunion 209 Pointe Kuendu SPR. New Caledonia 335. 337 Pointe Rouge LTCA, Martinique 160. 167 Polhena Reef. Sri Lanka 218 Polillo Islands. Philippines 282. 283 pollution 24. 28. 57. 69, see also oil pollution Polotayabas MUIR, Philippines 285. 286 Polychaeta 35. 49 Polycladida 35 Polynesia 369, 370 US minor outlying islands 394. 397 see also individual islandscountries Polynesian voyages 301 Polyplacophora 37 Pomacanthidae 41 Pomacanthus arcuatus 155 Pomacanthus sexstriatus 348 Pomacentridae 28. 41. 42 Pompey Complex. Great Barrier Reef 313-14. 315 porcelain crabs 36 Pontes spp. 113, 117, 175,250, 259, 386 Pontes arnaudi 389 Pontes asteroides 150 Pontes heronensis 320 Pontes lichen 113, 327 Pontes lobata3. 126. 128, 129 Pontes panamensis 1 13 Pontes pontes 125, 128, 130, 150. 168 Pontes sverdrupi 113 Porolithon 29 Port Antonio. Jamaica 138 Port Dickson, Malaysia 266, 267 Port Hedland. Western Australia 306 Port Honduras. Belize 118 Port Honduras MR, Belize 118. 120 Port Launay MNP. Seychelles 201,204