Protected Species Amendment Order 2016 (BR 4/2016)

FA E R N AT F TQUO U BERMUDA PROTECTED SPECIES AMENDMENT ORDER 2016 BR 4 / 2016 The Minister responsible for conservation services, in exercise of the power conferred by sections 5 and 5A of the Protected Species Act 2003, makes the following Order: Citation This Order, which amends the Protected Species Order 2012 (“the principal Order”), may be cited as the Protected Species Amendment Order 2016. Amends the Schedule The Schedule to the principal Order is revoked and replaced with the following— “SCHEDULE (paragraph 2 and 3 ) LEVEL 1 Birds Bermuda Petrel or Cahow (Pterodroma cahow) (E) EN (D) Common Tern (Sterna hirundo) (N) VU White-eyed Vireo or Chick-of-the-Village (Vireo griseus bermudianus) (E) VU (D1 + 2) White-tailed Tropic Bird (Phaethon lepturus catesbyi) (N) VU (D1 + 2) Cave Amphipods Bermudagidiella bermudensis (E) CR (B1 + 2C) Cocoharpinia iliffei (E) CR (B1 + 2C) 1 2 1 PROTECTED SPECIES AMENDMENT ORDER 2016 Idunella sketi (E) CR (B1 + 2C) Ingolfiella longipes (E) CR (B1 + 2C) Pseudoniphargus grandimanus (E) CR (B1 + 2C) Cave Copepods Antriscopia prehensilis (E) CR (B1 + 2C) Erebonectes nesioticus (E) CR (B1 + 2C) Nanocopia minuta (E) CR (B1 + 2C) Paracyclopia naessi (E) CR (B1 + 2C) Speleoithona bermudensis (E) CR (B1 + 2C) Speleophria bivexilla (E) CR (B1 + 2C) Speleophriopsis scottodicarloi (E) CR (B1 + 2C) Cave Isopods Arubolana aruboides (E) CR (B1 + 2C) Atlantasellus cavernicolus (E) CR (B1 + 2C) Currassanthura bermudensis (E) CR (B1 + 2C) Cave Mictaceans Mictocaris halope (E) CR (B1 + 2C) Cave Mysids Platyops sterreri (E) CR (B1 + 2C) Cave Ostracods Spelaeoecia bermudensis (E) CR (B1 + 2C) Cave Shrimps Barbouria cubensis (N) CR (B1 + 2C) Parhippolyte sterreri (N) CR (B1 + 2C) Procaris chacei (E) CR (B1 + 2C) Typhlatya iliffei (E) CR (B1 + 2C) Finfish Gag (Mycteroperca microlepis) (N) VU (A1b, d + 2d) Lined Seahorse (Hippocampus erectus) (N) VU (A4c, d) Longsnout Seahorse (Hippocampus reidi) (N) VU (D) Mutton Hamlet (Alphestes afer) (N) CR (A1d) Nassau Grouper (Epinephelus striatus) (N) EN (A2a, d) Snowy Grouper (Epinephelus niveatus) (N) VU (A1d + 2d, B1 + 2e) Tiger Grouper (Mycteroperca tigris) (N) EN (A1d) 2 PROTECTED SPECIES AMENDMENT ORDER 2016 Freshwater Molluscs Ancylus bermudensis (E) CR (D) Pisidium volutabundum (E) CR (D) Land Crabs Giant Land Crab (Cardisoma guanhumi) (N) VU Marine Mammals Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) (N) VU Sperm Whale (Physeter macrocephalus) (N) VU (A1d) Marine Molluscs Queen Conch (Lobatus gigas) (N) (VU) Moss Bermuda Campylopus (Campylopus bermudianus) (E) CR (C) Rays and Skates Spotted Eagle Ray (Aetobatus narinari) (N) VU (A2d) Reptiles Bermuda Skink (Plestiodon longirostris) (E) CR (B2b, c, d, e) Green Turtle (Chelonia mydas) (N) EN (A1b, d) Hawksbill Turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata) (N) CR (A1b, d) Kemp’s Ridley Turtle (Lepidochelys kempii) (N) CR Leatherback Turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) (N) CR (A1a, b, d) Loggerhead Turtle (Caretta caretta) (N) EN (A1a, b, d) Segmented Worms Phallodriloides macmasterae (E) CR (B1 + 2C) Sharks Whale Shark (Rhincodon typus) (N) VU (A1b, d + 2d) Terrestrial Snail Bermuda Land Snail (Poecilozonites bermudensis) (E) CR (A2) Poecilozonites circumfirmatus (E) CR (A2, B2a) LEVEL 2 Arthropod Leaf Cutter Bee (Megachile pruina pruina) (E) (VU) 3 PROTECTED SPECIES AMENDMENT ORDER 2016 Coral Black Coral Antipathes atlantica (N) (VU) Antipathes furcata (N) (VU) Cupressopathes gracilis (N) (VU) Parantipathes tetrasticha (N) (VU) Stichopathes cf. spiessi (N) (VU) Stichopathes occidentalis (N) (VU) Stichopathes setacea (N) (VU) Tanacetipathes hirta (N) (VU) Tanacetipathes tanacetum (N) (VU) Tanacetipathes thamnea (N) (VU) Fire Coral Millepora alcicornis (N) (VU) Hard Corals Agaricia fragilis dana (N) (VU) Astrangia solitaria (N) (VU) Caryophyllia ambrosia ambrosia (N) (VU) Caryophyllia sarsiae Zibrowius (N) (VU) Coenocyathus goreaui (N) (VU) Colangia immersa (N) (VU) Deltocyathoides stimpsonii (N) (VU) Deltocyathus calcar Pourtalès (N) (VU) Deltocyathus eccentricus Cairns (N) (VU) Deltocyathus italicus (N) (VU) Deltocyathus moseleyi (N) (VU) Desmophyllum dianthus (N) (VU) Dichocoenia stokesi (N) (VU) Diploria labyrinthiformis (N) (VU) Enallopsammia rostrata (N) (VU) Favia fragum (N) (VU) Fungiacyathus symmetricus (N) (VU) Guynia annulata (N) (VU) Isophyllia sinuosa (N) (VU) Javania cailleti (N) (VU) Lophelia pertusa (N) (VU) 4 PROTECTED SPECIES AMENDMENT ORDER 2016 Madracis asperula (N) (VU) Madracis auretenra (N) (VU) Madracis decactis (N) (VU) Madracis myriaster (N) (VU) Madrepora carolina (N) (VU) Madrepora oculata (N) (VU) Meandrina meandrites (N) (VU) Montastraea cavernosa (N) (VU) Oculina diffusa (N) (VU) Oculina valenciennesi (N) (VU) Oculina varicosa (N) (VU) Orbicella franksi (N) (VU) Oxysmilia rotundifolia (N) (VU) Paracyathus pulchellus (N) (VU) Phyllangia americana americana (N) (VU) Polymyces wellsi (N) (VU) Porites astreoides (N) (VU) Porites porites (N) (VU) Pseudodiploria strigosa (N) (VU) Rhizopsammia bermudensis (N) (VU) Scolymia cubensis (N) (VU) Siderastrea radians (N) (VU) Siderastrea siderea (N) (VU) Solenosmilia variabilis (N) (VU) Stenocyathus vermiformis (N) (VU) Stephanocoenia intersepta (N) (VU) Tethocyathus cylindraceus (N) (VU) Soft Corals Antillogorgia acerosa (N) (VU) Antillogorgia americana (N) (VU) Bebryce parastellata (N) (VU) Briareum asbestinum (N) (VU) Callogorgia gracilis (N) (VU) Callogorgia sp. (N) (VU) Callogorgia verticillata (N) (VU) Candidella imbricata (N) (VU) 5 PROTECTED SPECIES AMENDMENT ORDER 2016 Ceratoisis flexibilis (N) (VU) Chelidonisis aurantiaca (N) (VU) Chrysogorgia fewkesii (N) (VU) Eunicea calyculata (N) (VU) Eunicea clavigera (N) (VU) Eunicea fusca (N) (VU) Eunicea knighti (N) (VU) Eunicea pinta (N) (VU) Eunicea tourneforti (N) (VU) Eunicea tourneforti forma atra (N) (VU) Gersemia rubiformis (N) (VU) Gorgonia ventalina (N) (VU) Lepidisis caryophyllia (N) (VU) Lepidisis simplex (N) (VU) Leptogorgia cf. setacea (N) (VU) Lytreia plana (N) (VU) Muricea atlantica (N) (VU) Muricea cf. waltonsmithi (N) (VU) Muricea elongata (N) (VU) Muricea laxa (N) (VU) Muricea muricata (N) (VU) Muricea pinnata (N) (VU) Muriceides kükenthali (N) (VU) Narella alvinae (N) (VU) Narella bellissima (N) (VU) Narella versluysi (N) (VU) Nidalia occidentalis (N) (VU) Placogorgia cf. intermedia (N) (VU) Placogorgia tenuis (N) (VU) Plexaurella dichotoma (N) (VU) Plexaura flexuosa (N) (VU) Plexaurella grisea (N) (VU) Plexaura homomalla (N) (VU) Plexaurella nutans (N) (VU) Pseudoplexaura flagellosa (N) (VU) Pseudoplexaura porosa (N) (VU) Pseudoplexaura wagenaari (N) (VU) 6 PROTECTED SPECIES AMENDMENT ORDER 2016 Pterogorgia citrina (N) (VU) Scleracis guadalupensis (N) (VU) Scleracis petrosa (N) (VU) Sclerobelemnon theseus (N) (VU) Telestula septentrionalis (N) (VU) Thelogorgia vossi (N) (VU) Thesea citrina (N) (VU) Thouarella sp. (N) (VU) Thouarella (Euthouarella) grasshoffi (N) (VU) Echinoderms Four-Sided Sea Cucumber (Isostichopus badionotus) (N) (VU) Long-spined Urchin (Diadema antillarum) (N) (VU) West Indian Sea Egg (Tripneustes ventricosus) (N) (VU) Ferns Bermuda Cave Fern (Ctenitis sloanei) (N) CR (B1) Bermuda Shield Fern (Thelypteris bermudiana) (E) CR (B2) Governor Laffan’s Fern (Diplazium laffanianum) (E) CR (D) Long Spleenwort (Asplenium heterochroum) (N) EN (C2a) Ten-day or Leatherleaf Fern (Rumohra adiantiformis) (N) CR (D) Toothed Spleenwort (Asplenium dentatum) (N) EN (B1a,b) Finfish American Eel (Anguilla rostrata) (N) VU Bermuda Killifish (Fundulus bermudae) (E) EN European Eel (Anguilla anguilla) (N) CR (A2bd + 4bd) Killifish (Fundulus relictus) (E) EN Flowering Plants Black Mangrove (Avicennia germinans) (N) VU Red Mangrove (Rhizophora mangle) (N) VU Land Crabs Land Hermit Crab (Coenobita clypeatus) (N) (VU) Marine Molluscs Bermuda Sand Scallop (Euvola ziczac) (N) EN Calico Scallop (Argopecten gibbus) (N) EN Marine Plants 7 PROTECTED SPECIES AMENDMENT ORDER 2016 Manatee Grass (Syringodium filiforme) (N) VU Paddle Grass (Halophila decipiens) (N) VU Shoal Grass (Halodule sp.) (N) VU Shoal Grass (Halodule bermudensis) (E) CR Turtle Grass (Thalassia testudinum) (N) VU Reptiles Diamondback Terrapin (Malaclemys terrapin) (N) VU LEVEL 3 Flowering Plants Bermuda Bedstraw (Galium bermudense) (N) EN Bermuda Cedar (Juniperus bermudiana) (E) CR (pre-1940s) Bermuda Sedge (Carex bermudiana) (E) CR Darrell’s Fleabane (Erigeron darrelliannus) (E) VU Wild Bermuda Bean (Phaseolus lignosus) (E) CR Wild Bermuda Pepper (Peperomia septentrionalis) (E) CR Yellow Wood Tree (Zanthoxylum flavum) (N) CR Abbreviations: CR= Critically Endangered EN= Endangered VU= Vulnerable (E)= Endemic, only found in Bermuda (N)= Native, indigenous to Bermuda and other places ”. Made this 11th day of February 2016 Minister of Health, Seniors and Environment 8