Irish checklists

Table of checklists for Irish Non-insect invertebrates

Note: InvertebrateIreland aims to put online all checklists of Irish invertebrates compiled by acknowledged experts.

Number of non-insect invertebrate species:

8,000+

Primary sources of distribution data:

• Arachnids: The Gibson Spider Collection*
• Arachnids: The County Distribution of Irish Spiders (Van Helsdingen, 1996)
• Arachnids: Harvestmen of Ireland*
• Arachnids: Pseudoscorpions of Ireland*
• Arachnids: Spiders of Ireland*
• Bryozoa: Freshwater Bryozoa (Smyth, 1994)
• Bryozoa: Marine Bryozoa (Wyse Jackson, 1991)
• Centipedes of Ireland*
• Irish Collembola records*
• Corals (Deegan, 2004)
• Crustacea: records held by Mark Holmes, Natural History Museum, Dublin
• Crustacea: Asellota (Isopoda) (Kavanagh, 2009)
• Crustacea: Lobster (Tully et al., 2006) (Bord Iascaigh Mhara)
• Crustacea: Brown crab (Tully et al., 2006) (Bord Iascaigh Mhara)
• Crustacea: Clawed lobster (Nolan, 2004) (Bord Iascaigh Mhara)
• Crustacea: Shrimp (Kelly et al., 2008) (Bord Iascaigh Mhara)
• Crustacea: Nephrops under water TV surveys (Marine Institute)
• Crustacea: Hypogean Crustacea of Ireland*
• Crustacea: Survey of the native freshwater opossum shrimp in Ireland*
• Crustacea: Irish National Crayfish Database*
• Flatworms: Planarians (Anderson, 1986)
• Irish New Zealand Flatworm Database*
• Jellyfish: EcoJel Project (UCC)
• Lice: Butler & O’Connor, 1994
• Marine flora and fauna (Howson & Picton, 1999)
• Mollusca: Marine molluscs (Conchological Society of Great Britain and Ireland)
• Mollusca: All-Ireland non-Marine Molluscan Database*
• Mollusca: Scallops (Tully, 2006) (Bord Iascaigh Mhara)
• Mollusca: Cockle (Hervas et al., 2008) (Bord Iascaigh Mhara)
• Mollusca: Cephalopods (Lordan et al., 2001) (Marine Institute)
• Millipedes of Ireland*
• Nematoda: Brown et al., 1977
• Oligochaetes: Earthworms of Ireland Database*
• Oligochaetes: Freshwater Oligochaeta (Trodd et al., 2005)
• Sponges of Rathlin Island*
• Ticks: Martyn, 1988
• Woodlice (Doogue & Harding, 1982)

*Databases held by the National Biodiversity Data Centre and made accessible through Biodiversity Maps.

National conservation assessment:

• Article 17 reporting – seven species listed in EU Habitats Directive: National Parks and Wildlife Service, 2008. The status of EU Protected Habitats and Species in Ireland. NPWS, Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, Dublin.

• Byrne, A., Moorkens, E.A., Anderson, R., Kileen, I.J. and Regan, E.C., 2009. Ireland Red List No. 2 – Non-Marine Molluscs. National Parks and Wildlife Service, Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government, Dublin, Ireland.

No national conservation assessment of other species

Monitoring or repeat surveys in place:

• The seven non-insect invertebrates listed in the EU Habitats Directive are monitored by the National Parks and Wildlife Service: Austropotamobius pallipes, Geomaculosus maculosus, Margaritifera margaritifera, M. durrovensis, Vertigo angustior, V. geyeri, and V. moulinsiana.