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Australian Capital Territory Nature Conservation Declaration of Protected and Exempt Flora and Fauna 2002 (No. 1) Disallowable instrument DI2002— 136 made under the Nature Conservation Act 1980, s 17 (Declaration of Protected and Exempt Flora and Fauna) I revoke all previous determinations under section 17 of the Nature Conservation Act 1980. I declare the species listed in schedule 1 to be protected fish and protected invertebrates. I declare the species listed in schedule 2 to be exempt animals. I declare the species listed in schedule 3 to be protected native plants. I declare the species listed in schedule 4 to be protected native animals. Dr Maxine Cooper Conservator of Flora and Fauna 28 June 2002 SCHEDULE 1 PROTECTED FISH AND INVERTEBRATES Common Name Scientific Name Clarence River Cod Maccullochella ikei Clarence Galaxias Galaxias johnstoni Swan Galaxias Galaxias fontanus Cairns Birdwing Butterfly Ornithoptera priamnus Mountain Blue Butterfly Papilio ulysses Trout Cod Macullochella maquariensis Murray River Crayfish Eustacus armatus Golden Sun Moth Synemon plana Perunga Grasshopper Perunga ochracea Two-spined Blackfish Gadopsis bisinosus Macquarie Perch Macquaria australasica Canberra Raspy Cricket Cooraboorama canberrae Spiny Freshwater Cray Euastacus crassus Spiny Freshwater Cray Euastacus rieki Spotted Handfish Brachionichthys hirsutus Barred Galaxias Galaxias fuscus Pedder Galaxias Galaxias pedderensis Elizabeth Springs Goby Chlamydogobius micropterus Mary River Cod Maccullochella peelii mariensis Lake Eacham Rainbow Fish Melanotaenia eachamensis Oxleyan Pygmy Perch Nannoperca oxleyana Red-finned Blue-eye Scaturiginichthys vermei1ipinnis Great White Shark Carcharodon carchanias Grey Nurse Shark Carcharias taurus Edgbaston Goby Chiamydogobius squamigenus Murray Hardyhead Craterocephalus fluviatilis Saddled Galaxias Galaxias tanycephalus Dwarf Galaxias Galaxiella pusilla Blind Gudgeon Milyeringa veritas Flinders Ranges Gudgeon Mogurnda n. sp. Balston’s Pygmy Perch Nannatherina balstoni Yarra Pygmy Perch Nannoperca obscura Ewens Pygmy Perch Nannoperca variegata Blind Cave Eel Ophistemon candidum Australian Grayling Prototroctes maraena Honey Blue-eye Pseudomugil mellis Ziebell’s Handfish Sympterichthys sp.[CSIRO #T6.O1] Waterfall Bay Handfish Sympterichthys sp.[CSIRO #T1996.O1] Adam’s Emerald Dragonfly Archaeophya adamsi An amphipod Austrogammarus haasei Crystal Cave Crangonyctoid Hurleya sp. (WAM#642-97) Camerons Cave Pseudoscorpion Hyella sp. (BES# 1154, 2525, 2546) Yorkrakine Trapdoor Spider Kwonkan eboracum Orange Sun Moth Synemon nais Minnivale Trapdoor Spider Teyl sp. (B.Y. Main 1953/2683, 1984/13) A trapdoor spider Aganippe castellum Eastern Freshwater Shrimp Australatya striolata Western Cape Range Bamazomus Bamazomus sp. (WAM#951748) Tunbridge Looper Moth Chrysolarentia decisaria Lake Pedder Earthworm Diporochaeta pedderensis Western Cape Range Draculoides Draculoides sp. (WAM#96/1151) Lord Howe Island Phasmid Dryococelus australis Warragul Burrowing Crayfish Engaeus sterna us Common Name Scientific Name Bornemisszas Stag Beetle Hoplogonus bornemisszai A native bee Leioproctus contrarius A native bee Leioproctus douglasiellus Cape Range Liagoceradocus Liagoceradocus branchialis Broad-toothed Stag Beetle Lissotes latidens A seastar Marginaster littoralis A land snail Meridolum corneovirens Stirling Range Moggridgea Spider Moggridgea sp. (B.Y. Main 1990/24, 25) A native bee Neopasiphe simplicior Bathurst Copper Paralucia spinifera Live-bearing Seastar Patiriella vivipara Giant Dragonfly Petalura gigantea A land snail Placostylus bivaricosus Schayers Grasshopper Schayera baiulus Graceful Sun Moth Synemon gratiosa Golden Sun Moth Synemon plana McCubbins Caddisfly Taskiria mccubbini Lake Pedder Caddisfly Taskiropsyche lacustris Blind Velvet Worm Tasmanipatus anophthalmus A stonefly Thaumatoperla flaveola A land snail Thersites mitchellae Pannikin Plains Cave Isopod Abebajoscia troglodytes Western Archaeid Spider Austrarchaea mainae Cape Lecuwin Freshwater Snail Austroassiminea letha Dandenong Freshwater Amphipod Austrogammarus australis Freshwater Hydrobild Snail Beddomeia krybetes Great Lake Hydrobiid Snail Beddomeia tumida Barrow Island Bogidomma Bogidomma australis Saltmarsh Looper Moth Dasybela achroa A tapeworm Dasyurotaenia robusta Barrow Island Draculoides Draculoides bramstokeri Mallacoota Burrowing Crayfish Engaeus mallacoota Mt Arthur Burrowing Crayfish Engaeus orramakunna Narracan Burrowing Crayfish Engaeus phyllocercus Scottsdale Burrowing Crayfish Engaeus spinicaudatus Bumie Burrowing Crayfish Engaeus yabbimunna Orbost Spiny Crayfish Euastacus diversus A blind cave beetle Goedetrechus mendumae Slender Cave Beetle Goedetrechus parallelus A damselfly Hemipliebia mirabilis Simsons Stag Beetle Hoplogonus simsoni Vanderschoors Stag Beetle Hoplogonus vanderschoori Shield -backed Trapdoor Spider Idiosoma nigrum Cape Range Remipede Lasionectes exleyi Barrow Island Liagoceradocus Liagoceradocus subthalassicus Mt Mangana Stag Beetle Lissotes menalcas Gippsland Giant Earthworm Megascolides australis Stanley Snail Miselaoma weldii A bullant Myrmecia sp. 17 A crustacean Nedsia fragilis A crustacean Nedsia humphreysi A crustacean Nedsia hurlberti A crustacean Nedsia macrosculptilis A crustacean Nedsia sculptilis A crustacean Nedsia straskraba A crustacean Nedsia urifimbriata Ptunarra Brown Oreixenica ptunarra Common Name Scientific Name Eltham Copper Paralucia pyrodiscus lucida A marine opisthobranch Platydoris galbana A marine opisthobranch Rhodope sp. Mt Donna Buang Stonefly Riekoperla darlingtoni Barrow Island Millipede Speleostrophus nesiotes Lance-beaked Cave Shrimp Stygiocaris lancifera Camerons Cave Millipede Stygiochiropus isolatus A millipede Stygiochiropus peculiaris A millipede Stygiochiropus sympatricus Mullamullang Cave Spider Tartarus mullamullangensis Cockerills Cave Beetle Tasmanotrechus cockerilli A stonefly Thaumatoperla alpina Nullarbor Cave Trapdoor Spider Troglodiplura lowryi Stirling Range Rhytidid Snail Rhytidid sp. 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