Galearctus umbilicatus

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family
ANIMALIA ARTHROPODA CRUSTACEA DECAPODA SCYLLARIDAE

Scientific Name: Galearctus umbilicatus
Species Authority: (Holthuis, 1977)
Synonym/s:
Scyllarus umbilicatus Holthuis, 1977

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria: Data Deficient 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:
Galearctus umbilicatus has been assessed as Data Deficient. This species is endemic to New South Wales and Queensland, Australia. No information on its population size, habitat preferences or potential threats is available. Further research is required to establish its population size and habitat preferences and to identify potential threats before a more accurate conservation assessment can be carried out.

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:This species is endemic to Queensland and New South Wales, Australia (McWilliam et al. 1995, Davie 2002, Holthuis 2002). It is known from the lower east coast of New South Wales (approximately 37°S) north to the central east coast of Queensland (approximately 26°30’S) (Davie 2002, Holthuis 2002).
Countries:
Native:
Australia (New South Wales, Queensland)
FAO Marine Fishing Areas:
Native:
Pacific – southwest; Pacific – western central
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Population [top]

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

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology: This is a sublittoral species that has been collected from muddy substrate and can also be found among fan corals (Davie 2002, Holthuis 2002). It has been recorded from depths of approximately 70-230 m (Holthuis 2002).
Systems: Marine

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s): The threats to this species are unknown.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions: There are no species-specific conservation measures in place for this species. Further research is required to establish its population size and habitat preferences, and to identify potential threats.

Bibliography [top]

Davie, P.J.F. 2002. Crustacea: Malacostraca: Phyllocarida, Hoplocarida, Eucarida (Part 1). In: A. Wells and W.W.K. Houston (eds), Zoological Catalogue of Australia, pp. 551. CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne, Australia.

Holthuis, L.B. 2002. The Indo-Pacific scyllarine lobsters (Crustacea, Decapoda, Scyllaridae). Zoosystema 24(3): 499-529.

IUCN. 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (ver. 2011.1). Available at: http://www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 16 June 2011).

McWilliam, P.S., Phillips, B.F. and Kelly, S. 1995. Phyllosoma Larvae of Scyllarus Species (Decapoda, Scyllaridae) from the Shelf Waters of Australia. Crustaceana 68(5): 537-566.
Citation: Chan, T.Y. 2011. Galearctus umbilicatus. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 22 May 2013.
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