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JNCC Report No. 379 Checklist of fish and invertebrates listed in the CITES appendices and in EC Regulation No. 338/97 7th Edition 2005 compiled by UNEP-WCMC © JNCC 2005 The JNCC is the forum through which the three country conservation agencies - the Countryside Council for Wales, English Nature and Scottish Natural Heritage - deliver their statutory responsibilities for Great Britain as a whole, and internationally. These responsibilities contribute to sustaining and enriching biological diversity, enhancing geological features and sustaining natural systems. As well as a source of advice and knowledge for the public, JNCC is the Government's wildlife adviser, providing guidance on the development of policies for, or affecting, nature conservation in Great Britain or internationally. Published by: Joint Nature Conservation Committee Copyright: 2005 Joint Nature Conservation Committee ISBN: 1st edition published 1988 ISBN 0-86139-466-6 2nd edition published 1993 ISBN 1-873701-47-0 3rd edition published 1995 ISSN 0963-8091 4th edition published 1999 ISSN 0963-8091 5th edition published 2001 ISSN 0963-8091 6th edition published 2003 ISSN 0963-8091 7th edition published 2005 ISSN 0963-8091 Citation: UNEP-WCMC (2005). Checklist of fish and invertebrates listed in the CITES appendices and in EC Regulation 338/97. 7th Edition. JNCC Report, No. 379. Further copies of this report are available from: CITES Unit Joint Nature Conservation Committee Monkstone House City Road Peterborough PE1 1JY United Kingdom Tel: +44 1733 562626 Fax: +44 1733 555948 This document can also be downloaded from: http://www.ukcites.gov.uk and www.jncc.gov.uk Prepared under contract from the Joint Nature Conservation Committee by UNEP- WCMC. The UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre was established in 2000 as the world biodiversity information and assessment centre of the United Nations Environment Programme. The roots of the organization go back to 1979, when it was founded as the IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre. In 1988 the World Conservation Monitoring Centre was created jointly by IUCN, WWF International and UNEP. The financial support and guidance of these organizations in the Centre’s formative years is gratefully acknowledged. The designations of geographical entities in this report, and the presentation of the material, do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of JNCC or WCMC concerning the legal status of any country, territory, or area, or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries. Contents Acknowledgements ....................i THERAPHOSIDAE ..................... 12 Introduction ...............................i Explanatory notes......................ii INSECTA .................................. 14 Introductory References .......... vi COLEOPTERA......................... 14 LUCANIDAE............................. 14 CHORDATA .................................. 1 ELASMOBRANCHII..................... 1 LEPIDOPTERA ....................... 15 PAPILIONIDAE......................... 15 ORECTOLOBIFORMES ............. 1 RHINCODONTIDAE .................... 1 ANNELIDA ................................. 20 HIRUDINOIDEA ....................... 20 LAMNIFORMES........................ 1 LAMNIDAE ................................ 1 ARHYNCHOBDELLIDA............ 20 CETORHINIDAE ......................... 2 HIRUDINIDAE.......................... 20 ACTINOPTERYGII ...................... 2 MOLLUSCA ................................. 20 BIVALVIA................................. 20 ACIPENSERIFORMES .............. 2 ACIPENSERIDAE........................ 2 VENERIDA............................. 20 POLYODONTIDAE ...................... 5 TRIDACNIDAE ......................... 20 OSTEOGLOSSIFORMES............ 5 UNIONIDA ............................ 22 OSTEOGLOSSIDAE .................... 5 UNIONIDAE............................. 22 CYPRINIFORMES .................... 6 MYTILIDA ............................. 25 CYPRINIDAE ............................. 6 MYTILIDAE.............................. 25 CATOSTOMIDAE ........................ 6 GASTROPODA .......................... 25 SILURIFORMES....................... 6 PANGASIIDAE ........................... 6 NEOTAENIOGLOSSA .............. 25 HYDROBIIDAE ......................... 25 SYNGNATHIFORMES ............... 6 STROMBIDAE .......................... 25 SYNGNATHIDAE ........................ 6 STYLOMMATOPHORA ............ 25 PERCIFORMES ...................... 10 ACHATINELLIDAE..................... 25 PERCIDAE............................... 10 CAMAENIDAE .......................... 27 SCIAENIDAE ........................... 10 LABRIDAE............................... 11 CNIDARIA.................................. 27 ANTHOZOA .............................. 27 SARCOPTERYGII...................... 11 HELIOPORACEA .................... 27 COELACANTHIFORMES.......... 11 HELIOPORIDAE........................ 27 LATIMERIIDAE ........................ 11 STOLONIFERA ....................... 28 CERATODONTIFORMES ......... 11 TUBIPORIDAE.......................... 28 CERATODONTIDAE .................. 11 ANTIPATHARIA..................... 28 ECHINODERMATA ...................... 11 ANTIPATHIDAE ........................ 28 HOLOTHUROIDEA .................... 11 APHANIPATHIDAE .................... 36 CLADOPATHIDAE ..................... 38 ASPIDOCHIROTIDA .............. 11 LEIOPATHIDAE ........................ 38 STICHOPODIDAE..................... 11 MYRIOPATHIDAE ..................... 39 SCHIZOPATHIDAE.................... 41 ARTHROPODA............................ 11 ARACHNIDA............................. 11 SCLERACTINIA...................... 43 ASTROCOENIIDAE ................... 43 SCORPIONES ........................ 11 POCILLOPORIDAE .................... 43 SCORPIONIDAE....................... 11 ACROPORIDAE ........................ 48 PORITIDAE.............................. 74 ARANEAE .............................. 12 SIDERASTREIDAE .................... 82 AGARICIIDAE.......................... 85 GARDINERIIDAE .................... 169 MICRABACIIDAE...................... 92 GUYNIIDAE ........................... 169 FUNGIACYATHIDAE.................. 93 DENDROPHYLLIIDAE .............. 170 FUNGIIDAE............................. 94 RHIZANGIIDAE ..................... 102 HYDROZOA ............................ 181 OCULINIDAE......................... 104 PECTINIIDAE ........................ 107 MILLEPORINA ..................... 181 MUSSIDAE............................ 110 MILLEPORIDAE ...................... 181 MERULINIDAE ....................... 115 FAVIIDAE ............................. 117 STYLASTERINA ................... 183 TRACHYPHYLLIIDAE............... 134 STYLASTERIDAE .................... 183 MEANDRINIIDAE ................... 134 ANTHEMIPHYLLIIDAE ............. 135 CARYOPHYLLIIDAE ................ 135 References.......................... 198 TURBINOLIIDAE .................... 158 Index .................................. 244 FLABELLIDAE ........................ 162 Acknowledgements This checklist was compiled by UNEP-WCMC under contract with the Joint Nature Conservation Committee. The volume builds on earlier editions, and the numerous contributors to those editions are acknowledged. UNEP-WCMC staff involved in the production of this volume include Tim Inskipp, Sarah Ferriss, James O’Carroll and Tobias Garstecki. The project was supervised by Gerardo Fragoso. Vin Fleming, Alison Littlewood and Nichola Burnett of the JNCC CITES Unit are thanked for providing advice and guidance throughout. Introduction In April 1991, the Nature Conservancy Few invertebrates and only a small Council for England (English Nature), proportion of fish have undergone a Countryside Council for Wales and status assessment; consequently the Scottish Natural Heritage acting together IUCN Red List contains only a small through the Joint Nature Conservation sample of the species from these groups Committee were appointed by the that may in fact be threatened. Secretary of State for the Environment as the United Kingdom's Scientific For background material on the rationale Authority for Animals under the of the IUCN threat categories, readers Convention on International Trade in are referred to IUCN (2004); for Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and background on the workings of CITES, Flora (CITES). CITES regulates recommended works are Favre (1989) international trade in wild animals and and Wijnstekers (2003). For information plants and in products derived from on the implementation of CITES in the them, to help to ensure their EU, see European Commission (2005). conservation on a global scale. For information by country on the diversity and status of fish and The intention of this publication is to invertebrates and other taxonomic provide a list of the species and groups, and for a general review of subspecies of fish and invertebrates biodiversity, readers are referred to included in the CITES Appendices, Groombridge and Jenkins (2002). together with their conservation status category in the 2004 IUCN Red List of In a publication of this nature, it is threatened species (IUCN, 2004) and the inevitable that users will discover entries appropriate Annex in EC Regulation that need correcting or updating. The 338/97 (and subsequent updates). publishers and UNEP-WCMC would be grateful to receive details of those This revised edition incorporates entries so that the necessary changes additions and amendments to the CITES can be made in the database from which appendices up to and including those this document is produced.