<Li> Los Roques archipelago </Li> <Li> Los Testigos Islands </Li> <P> The Caribbean islands are remarkable for the diversity of their animals, fungi and plants, and have been classified as one of Conservation International's biodiversity hotspots because of their exceptionally diverse terrestrial and marine ecosystems, ranging from montane cloud forests to cactus scrublands . The region also contains about 8% (by surface area) of the world's coral reefs along with extensive seagrass meadows, both of which are frequently found in the shallow marine waters bordering the island and continental coasts of the region . </P> <P> For the fungi, there is a modern checklist based on nearly 90,000 records derived from specimens in reference collections, published accounts and field observations . That checklist includes more than 11250 species of fungi recorded from the region . As its authors note, the work is far from exhaustive, and it is likely that the true total number of fungal species already known from the Caribbean is higher . The true total number of fungal species occurring in the Caribbean, including species not yet recorded, is likely far higher given the generally accepted estimate that only about 7% of all fungi worldwide have been discovered . Though the amount of available information is still small, a first effort has been made to estimate the number of fungal species endemic to some Caribbean islands . For Cuba, 2200 species of fungi have been tentatively identified as possible endemics of the island; for Puerto Rico, the number is 789 species; for the Dominican Republic, the number is 699 species; for Trinidad and Tobago, the number is 407 species . </P>

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