Land Lobster

Dryococelus australis (Montrouzier 1855)

Alexander S. Mikheyev, Andreas Zwick, Michael J.L. Magrath, Miguel L. Grau, Lijun Qiu, You Ning Su, David Yeates cc-by-3.0

Dryococelus australis (Land Lobster) is a species of stick insects in the family walking sticks. They are listed as critically endangered by IUCN.

URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/criticallyEndangered
Definition: A taxon is Critically Endangered when the best available evidence indicates that it meets \r\nany of the criteria A to E for Critically Endangered, and it is therefore considered to be facing an extremely high risk of extinction in the wild
Source: http://www.iucnredlist.org/apps/redlist/details/6852

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EOL has data for 5 attributes, including:

conservation status
- URI: http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#ConservationStatus
- Definition: degree of conservation concern as assessed by a government agency or other recognized authority such as IUCN or CITES
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critically endangered
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/criticallyEndangered
- Definition: A taxon is Critically Endangered when the best available evidence indicates that it meets \r\nany of the criteria A to E for Critically Endangered, and it is therefore considered to be facing an extremely high risk of extinction in the wild
- Attribution: http://www.iucnredlist.org/technical-documents/categories-and-criteria
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geographic distribution includes
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/Present
- Definition: This organism is known to be present in this location or region. Not exclusive; other regions may also be reported.
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France
- URI: http://www.geonames.org/3017382
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habitat
- URI: http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/habitat
- Definition: A category or description of the habitat in which the Event occurred.
- Comment: Example: "oak savanna", "pre-cordilleran steppe"
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terrestrial habitat
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00002009
- Definition: A habitat that is on or at the boundary of the surface of the Earth.
- Comment: Ontology Description: http://environmentontology.org/ Ontology Source: http://envo.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/src/envo/envo.owl
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habitat includes
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/Habitat
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scrubland
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000300
- Definition: Area covered with low-growing or stunted perennial vegetation and usually not mixed with trees.
- Comment: Ontology Description: http://environmentontology.org/ Ontology Source: http://envo.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/src/envo/envo.owl
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population trend
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/population_trend
- Definition: i.e., increasing, decreasing, stable, or unknown
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Unknown

Known occurrences, collected specimens and observations of Land Lobster. View this species on GBIF

Alexander S. Mikheyev, Andreas Zwick, Michael J.L. Magrath, Miguel L. Grau, Lijun Qiu, You Ning Su, David Yeates cc-by-3.0