FINALISED PRIORITY ASSESSMENT LIST FOR THE ASSESSMENT PERIOD COMMENCING 1 OCTOBER 2007

Item / Australian Distribution / Completion time for the TSSC to provide its advice / Decision
Plant species
Caladenia sp. Brentwood (R.J.Bates 53510) SA Herbarium (ghost spiderorchid) = Caladenia intuta / SA / 30 September 2008 / Listed as Critically Endangered effective 8 Jan 2009
Cassinia tegulata(avenue cassinia) / SA, Vic / 30 September 2008 / Listed as Critically Endangered effective 8 Jan 2009
Hibbertia sp. Bankstown (R.T.Miller & C.P.Gibson s.n. 18/10/06) = Hibbertia puberula subsp. glabrescens / NSW / 30 September 2008 / Listed as Critically Endangered effective 16 Jan 2009
Notelaea ipsviciensis(Cooneana Olive) / Qld, NSW / 30 September 2008 / Listed as Critically Endangered effective 16 Jan 2009
Phebalium distans(Mt Berryman Phebalium) / Qld, NSW / 30 September 2008 / Listed as Critically Endangered effective 24 Dec 2008
Reedia spathacea(Reedia) / WA / 30 September 2008 / Listed as Critically Endangered effective 7 Jan 2009
Thelymitra cyanapicata(blue top (dark-tipped) sun-orchid) / SA / 30 September 2008 / Listed as Critically Endangered effective 8 Jan 2009
Thelymitra sp. Kangaloon (D.L.Jones 18108) = Thelymitra kangaloonica (Kangaloon Sun Orchid) / SA / 30 September 2008 / Listed as Critically Endangered effective 8 Jan 2009
Mammal species
Conilurus penicillatus(Brush-tailed Rabbit-rat) / North Queensland, Northern Territory and northern WA. / 30 September 2008 / Listed as Vulnerable effective 6 Dec 2008
Pteropus melanotus natalis= Pteropus natalis(Christmas Island Flying-fox) / Christmas Island / 30 September 2008 / Found ineligible 12 December 2008, reassessed and listed as Critically Endangered 2014
Reptile species
Dermochelys coriacea(Leatherback Turtle) / Australian waters / 30 September 2008 / Transferred from the Vulnerable to the Endangered category effective 8 Jan 2009.
Elseya irwini (Irwin's Turtle) / Qld / 7 October 2009 extended from 30September 2008 / Found not eligible 7 October 2009.
Shark and fish species
Galeorhinus galeus(School Shark) / Waters off southern Australia / 30 September 2008 / Listed as Conservation Dependent effective 22 Jan 2009
Pristis zijsron(Green Sawfish) / Waters off northern Australia / 30 September 2008 / Listed as Vulnerable effective 7 March 2008
Rexea solandri (eastern population) (Gemfish (eastern population)) / Waters off southern Qld, NSW, eastern Victoria and Tasmania / 30 September 2008 / Listed as Conservation Dependent effective 22 Jan 2009
Thunnus maccoyii(Southern Bluefin Tuna) / Australian waters / 30 March 2010 / Listed as Conservation Dependent effective 15 Dec 2010
Bird species
Stipiturus mallee(Mallee Emu-wren) / NSW, Vic, SA / 30 September 2008 / Transferred from the Vulnerable to Endangered effective 4 Sept 2008
Invertebrate species
Advena campbellii(Campbell's Helicarionid Land Snail) / Norfolk Island / 30 September 2008 / Listed as Critically Endangered effective 8 Jan 2009
Hoplogonus bornemisszai(Bornemissza's Stag Beetle) / Tasmania / 30 September 2008 / Listed as Critically Endangered effective 8 Jan 2009
Mathewsoconcha suteri(a helicarionid land snail) / Norfolk Island / 30 September 2008 / Listed as Critically Endangered effective 8 Jan 2009
Mathewsoconcha phillipii(Phillip Island Helicarionid Land Snail) / Norfolk Island / 30 September 2008 / Listed as Critically Endangered effective 8 Jan 2009
Mystivagor mastersi(Masters’ Charopid Land Snail) / Lord Howe Island / 30 September 2008 / Listed as Critically Endangered effective 8 Jan 2009
Pseudocharopa lidgbirdi(Mount Lidgbird Charopid Snail) / Lord Howe Island / 30 September 2008 / Listed as Critically Endangered effective 8 Jan 2009
Pseudocharopa whiteleggei(Whitelegge’s Land Snail) / Lord Howe Island / 30 September 2008 / Listed as Critically Endangered effective 8 Jan 2009
Quintalia stoddartii(Stoddart’s Helicarionid Land Snail) / Norfolk Island / 30 September 2008 / Listed as Critically Endangered effective 8 Jan 2009
Any other species nominated by the Committee / 30 September 2008
Key Threatening Processes
Damage to marine ecosystems by trawling in the area of the Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery / Southern Australian waters / 30 September 2010 / Found ineligible 30 May 2013
Ecosystem degradation, habitat loss and species decline due to invasion of Northern Australia by introduced Gamba Grass (Andropogon gayanus) and other introduced grasses / NT, WA, Qld / 30 September 2009 / Listed as Invasion of northern Australia by Gamba Grass and other introduced grasses effective 16 Sept 2009
Loss and degradation of native plants and animal habitats by invasion of escaped garden plants / Australia wide / 24 May 2010 extended from 30 September 2009 / Listed asLoss and degradation of native plant and animal habitat by invasion of escaped garden plants, including aquatic plants effective 8 Jan 2010
The introduction of live native or non-native fish into Australian watercourses that are outside their natural geographic distribution / Australia wide / 30 September 2009 / Found ineligible and was determined to be to be included in theNovel biota and their impact on biodiversity
Any other threatening process nominated by the Threatened Species Scientific Committee / 30 September 2009
Ecological Communities
Alpine Sphagnum Bogs and Associated Fens / NSW, ACT, Vic, Tas / 30 September 2008 / Listed as Endangered effective 7 Jan 2009
Arnhem Plateau Sandstone Heath / NT / 30 September 2010 / Listed as Endangeredas Arnhem Plateau Sandstone Shrubland Complexeffective 11 Nov 2011
Central Gippsland Plain Grassland of the South East Coastal Plain Bioregion / Vic / 30 September 2008 / Listed asCritically Endangered as Gippsland Red Gum (Eucalyptus tereticornis subsp. mediana) Grassy Woodland and Associated Native Grassland effective 7 Jan 2009
Inland Grey Box Woodlands / SA, Vic, NSW, ACT / 30 September 2009 / Listed as Endangered as Grey Box (Eucalyptus microcarpa) Grassy Woodlands and Derived Native Grasslands of South-eastern Australia effective 1 Apr 2010
Littoral Rainforest and Vine Thickets of Eastern Australia / Coastal areas of Qld, NSW, Vic / 30 September 2008 / Listedas Critically Endangered effective 10 Oct 2008
Lowland Native Grasslands of Tasmania / Tas / 31 March 2009 / Listed asCritically Endangered effective 25 June 2009
Native Grassland on Basalt and Alluvium of the Brigalow Belt North Bioregion and the Claude River Downs / Qld, NSW / 30 September 2008 / Listed as Critically Endangered asNatural grasslands on basalt and fine-textured alluvial plains of northern New South Wales and southern Queenslandeffective 7 Jan 2009
Native Grassland on Basalt and Alluvium of the Brigalow Belt South, Nandewar, New England Tablelands and Northern Sydney Basin Bioregions / NSW / 30 September 2008
Natural Temperate Grassland of the Victorian Volcanic Plain / Vic / 31 March 2008 / Listedas Critically Endangered effective 21 June 2008
Victorian Western (Basalt) Plain Grassy Woodland / Vic / 30 September 2008 /

Listed as Critically Endangered as Natural Temperate Grassland of the Victorian Volcanic Plaineffective 21June 2008.

Weeping Myall Woodlands / Qld, NSW, Vic / 30 September 2008 / Listed as Endangered effective 7 Jan 2009.

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