Appendix L Short Range Endemic Invertebrate Fauna Survey Maunsell AECOM Pty Ltd Cape Preston Short-range Endemic Invertebrate Fauna Survey Draft Report February 2009 Phoenix Environmental Sciences Pty Ltd 1 Short-range Endemic Invertebrate Fauna Survey Cape Preston Iron Ore Precinct Maunsell AECOM Pty Ltd Short-range Endemic Invertebrate Fauna Survey Draft Report Version 2 Project: Cape Preston 16 February 2009 Authors: Jarrad D. Clark, Karen Crews Reviewer: Melanie White Prepared for Maunsell AECOM Pty Ltd Prepared by: Phoenix Environmental Sciences Pty Ltd © 2009 Phoenix Environmental Sciences Pty Ltd The information contained in this report is solely for the use of the Client for the purpose in which it has been prepared and Phoenix Environmental Sciences Pty Ltd accepts no responsibility for use beyond this purpose. 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Phoenix Environmental Sciences Pty Ltd U1, 50 Fitzgerald St NORTHBRIDGE WA 6003 P: 08 9243 6102 F: 08 6313 0680 E: [email protected] Project code: 905_2 Phoenix Environmental Sciences Pty Ltd 1 Short-range Endemic Invertebrate Fauna Survey Cape Preston Iron Ore Precinct Maunsell AECOM Pty Ltd Table of Contents 1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ......................................................................................................... 4 2 INTRODUCTION ..................................................................................................................... 7 2.1 Background ................................................................................................................... 7 2.2 Scope of work and survey objectives ............................................................................ 7 2.3 Survey significance ........................................................................................................ 8 2.4 Existing environment ................................................................................................... 10 2.4.1 Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation of Australia (IBRA) Region .......................... 10 2.4.2 Land Systems .......................................................................................................... 10 2.4.3 Climate ..................................................................................................................... 11 2.4.4 Biological context ..................................................................................................... 11 2.4.5 Land use .................................................................................................................. 11 3 METHODS ............................................................................................................................. 12 3.1 Habitat assessment and site selection......................................................................... 12 3.2 Target taxa .................................................................................................................. 12 3.3 Sampling methodology ................................................................................................ 14 3.4 Sample handling .......................................................................................................... 15 3.5 Taxonomy and nomenclature ...................................................................................... 15 3.6 Survey timing and effort ............................................................................................... 15 4 RESULTS .............................................................................................................................. 16 4.1 Araneomorphae ........................................................................................................... 19 4.1.1 Gallieniellidae ........................................................................................................... 19 4.2 Mygalomorphae ........................................................................................................... 19 4.2.1 Nemesiidae .............................................................................................................. 19 4.2.2 Barychelidae ............................................................................................................ 20 4.3 Pseudoscorpiones ....................................................................................................... 23 4.3.1 Olpiidae .................................................................................................................... 23 4.4 Scorpiones ................................................................................................................... 26 4.4.1 Buthidae ................................................................................................................... 26 4.5 Malacostraca ............................................................................................................... 28 4.5.1 Armadillidae ............................................................................................................. 28 4.6 Mollusca ...................................................................................................................... 30 4.7 Limitations ................................................................................................................... 31 5 DISCUSSION ........................................................................................................................ 33 5.1 General comments on the survey ................................................................................ 33 5.2 Short-range endemic taxa of the Precinct.................................................................... 33 5.3 Potential risks to short-range endemic taxa identified in the survey ............................ 35 6 SURVEY PERSONNEL ......................................................................................................... 37 7 REFERENCES ...................................................................................................................... 38 APPENDIX 1: Cape Preston Site Descriptions .............................................................................. 41 APPENDIX 2: Cape Preston SRE Site GPS Coordinates ............................................................. 56 APPENDIX 3: Cape Preston Snail Survey Site GPS Coordinates ................................................ 58 List of Tables Table 1-1 Summary of important invertebrate species recorded in the SRE survey of the Cape Preston Iron Ore Precinct. .............................................................................................................. 5 Table 3-1 Sampling effort for the Cape Preston Iron Ore Mining Precinct SRE Survey. .......... 15 Table 4-1 The invertebrate taxa recorded during the Cape Preston Iron Ore Mining Precinct SRE Survey. ................................................................................................................................. 17 Table 4-2 The number of spider species records per habitat type. .......................................... 21 Table 4-3 The number of pseudoscorpion records per habitat type. ........................................ 24 Table 4-4 The number of Buthidae scorpion records per habitat type. ..................................... 26 Table 4-5 The number of isopod species records per habitat type........................................... 28 Table 4-6 The limitations of the SRE survey of the Cape Preston Iron Ore Mining Precinct. ... 31 Phoenix Environmental Sciences Pty Ltd 2 Short-range Endemic Invertebrate Fauna Survey Cape Preston Iron Ore Precinct Maunsell AECOM Pty Ltd Table 5-1 Summary of important invertebrate species recorded in the SRE survey of the Cape Preston Iron Ore Precinct. ............................................................................................................ 35 Table 6-1 Survey personnel. .................................................................................................... 37 List of Figures Figure 2-1 Location of Cape Preston Iron Ore Mining Precinct. .................................................. 9 Figure 3-1 Locations of SRE survey sites within the Cape Preston Iron Ore Mining Precinct. .. 13 Figure 4-1 Locations of Mygalomorphae and Araneomorphae species recorded during the survey of the Cape Preston Iron Ore Mining Precinct.................................................................... 22 Figure 4-2 Location of pseudoscorpions recorded during the survey of the Cape Preston Iron Ore Mining Precinct. ................................................................................................................... 25 Figure 4-3 Location of Buthidae scorpion species recorded during the survey of the Cape Preston Iron Ore Mining Precinct. ....................................................................................................... 27 Figure 4-4 Location of Buddelundia isopod species recorded during the survey of the Cape Preston Iron Ore Mining Precinct.................................................................................................. 29 Phoenix Environmental Sciences Pty Ltd 3 Short-range Endemic Invertebrate Fauna Survey Cape Preston Iron Ore Precinct Maunsell AECOM Pty Ltd 1. 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