Protected Species Order 2007

FA E R N AT F TQUO U BERMUDA PROTECTED SPECIES ORDER 2007 BR 53 / 2007 The Minister responsible for the Environment, in exercise of the powers conferred under section 5 of the Protected Species Act 2003, makes the following Order: Citation This Order may be cited as the Protected Species Order 2007. Protected species The species of plants and animals set out in the Schedule to this Order are classified as critically endangered, endangered or vulnerable in accordance with the criteria set out in the International Union for the Conservation of Nature Red List of Threatened Species (IUCN) and are declared to be protected species. 1 2 1 PROTECTED SPECIES ORDER 2007 SCHEDULE (paragraph 2) Species Classification (as per IUCN criteria) Ferns Governor Laffan’s Fern (Diplazium laffanianum) CR (D) Bermuda Shield Fern (Goniopteris (Nephrodium) bermudiana) CR (B2) Bermuda Cave Fern (Ctenitis sloanei) CR (B1) Long spleenwort (Asplenium heterochroum) EN (C2a) Toothed spleenwort (Asplenium dentatum) EN (B1a, b) Ten-day or Leatherleaf Fern (Rumohra adiantiformis) CR (D) Moss Bermuda campylopus (Campylopus bermudianus) CR (C) Terrestrial Snail Poecilozonites circumfirmatus CR (A2, B2a) Freshwater molluscs Ancylus bermudensis CR (D) Pisidium volutabundum CR (D) Reptiles Bermuda Skink (Eumeces longirostris) CR (B1, B2b, c, d, e) Green Turtle (Chelonia mydas) EN (A1b, d) Hawksbill Turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata) CR (A1b, d) Loggerhead Tutle (Caretta caretta) EN (A1a, b, d) Leatherback Turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) CR (A1a, b, d) Marine Molluscs Queen conch (Strombus gigas) EN (B2a, biii) Finfish Longsnout seahorse (Hippocampus reidi) VU (D) Lined seahorse (Hippocampus erectus) VU (A4c, d) Gag (Mycteroperca microlepis) VU (A1b, d + 2d) Tiger Grouper (Mycteroperca tigris) EN (A1d) Mutton Hamlet (Alphestes afer) CR (A1d) Nassau Grouper (Epinephelus striatus) EN (A2a, d) Snowy Grouper (Epinephelus niveatus) VU (A1d + 2d, B1 + 2e) Rays and Skates Spotted Eagle Ray (Aetobatus narinari) VU (A2d) Sharks Whale shark (Rhincodon typus) VU (A1b, d + 2d) Birds Bermuda Petrel or Cahow (Pterodroma cahow) EN (D) White-tailed Tropic Bird (Phaethon lepturus catesbyi) VU (D1 + 2) 2 PROTECTED SPECIES ORDER 2007 White-eyed vireo (Chick-of-the-village) (Vireo griseus bermudianus) VU (D1 + 2) Cave Organisms Copepods Antriscopia prehensilis CR (B1 + 2C) Erebonectes nesioticus CR (B1 + 2C) Paracyclopia naessi CR (B1 + 2C) Speleophira bivexilla CR (B1 + 2C) Speleohira scottodicarloi CR (B1 + 2C) Nanocopia minuta CR (B1 + 2C) Speleithona bermudensis CR (B1 + 2C) Ostracods Spelaeoecia bermudensis CR (B1 + 2C) Isopods Atlantasellus cavernicolus CR (B1 + 2C) Currassanthura bermudensis CR (B1 + 2C) Bermudalana aruboides CR (B1 + 2C) Amphipods Idunella sketi CR (B1 + 2C) Cocoharpinia iliffei CR (B1 + 2C) Pseudoniphargus grandimanus CR (B1 + 2C) Bogidiella bermudensis CR (B1 + 2C) Ingolfiella longipes CR (B1 + 2C) Shrimps Typhlatya iliffei CR (B1 + 2C) Procaris chacei CR (B1 + 2C) Mictocaris halope CR (B1 + 2C) Mysids Platyops sterreri CR (B1 + 2C) Segmented worms Phallodrilus macmasterae CR (B1 + 2C) [Schedule amended by BR 77 / 2010 para. 2 effective 8 October 2010] Made this 4th day of June , 2007 Minister of the Environment, Telecommunications and E-Commerce [Amended by: BR 77 / 2010] 3