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Stereomastis pacifica

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Taxonomy

Assessment Information

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Habitat and Ecology

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	ARTHROPODA	CRUSTACEA	DECAPODA	POLYCHELIDAE

Scientific Name:	Stereomastis pacifica
Species Authority:	(Faxon, 1893)
Synonym/s:	Polycheles pacificus (Faxon, 1893) Polycheles sculptus subspecies pacificus Faxon, 1983 Stereomastis sculpta subspecies pacifica (Faxon, 1983)

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:	Least Concern ver 3.1
Year Published:	2011
Assessor/s:	Chan, T.Y.
Reviewer/s:	Collen, B., Livingstone, S. & Richman, N.
Contributor/s:	Batchelor, A., De Silva, R., Dyer, E., Kasthala, G., Lutz, M.L., McGuinness, S., Milligan, H.T., Soulsby, A.-M. & Whitton, F.
Justification: Stereomastis pacifica is assessed as Least Concern because it has a large distribution, lives at great depths and is not being impacted by any major threat processes.

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	This species is found in the Pacific, in the east from San Clement Island, California, USA to Valaparaiso, Chile (Wicksten 1981).
Countries:	Native: Chile; Colombia; Costa Rica; Ecuador; El Salvador; Guatemala; Honduras; Mexico; Nicaragua; Panama; Peru; United States (California)
FAO Marine Fishing Areas:	Native: Pacific – eastern central; Pacific – southeast
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Population [top]

Population:	There is no population information available for this species.
Population Trend:	Stable

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	There is no habitat information available for this species.
Systems:	Marine

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):

It is unlikely that any major threat is impacting this species.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:

There are no conservation measures in place for this species.

Citation:	Chan, T.Y. 2011. Stereomastis pacifica. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 26 May 2013.
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