Stenophiloscia glarearum
Key Details
| Taxonomic Groups: | Invertebrate > crustacean > Woodlouse |
| Red List Status: | Vulnerable (Not Relevant) [VU(nr)] |
| D5 Status: | Included in the baseline Red List Index for England (Wilkins, Wilson & Brown, 2022) |
| Section 41 Status: | (not listed) |
| Taxa Included Synonym: | (none) |
| UKSI Recommended Name: | Stenophiloscia glarearum |
| UKSI Recommended Authority: | Verhoeff, 1908 |
| UKSI Recommended Qualifier: | (none specified) |
| Red List Citation: | Lee, 2015 |
| Notes on taxonomy/listing: | (none) |
Criteria
| Question 1: | Does species need conservation or recovery in England? |
| Response: | Yes |
| Justification: | Stenophiloscia glarearum has only been recorded from two locations since 1990. It's coastal habitat is very vulnerable to extreme weather events and pollution. |
| Question 2: | Does recovery/ conservation depend on species-specific actions? |
| Response: | Yes |
| Justification: | The species needs further investigation into its biology and habitat requirements. |
| Question 3: | At a landscape scale, would the species benefit from untargeted habitat management to increase habitat mosaics, structural diversity, or particular successional stages? |
| Response: | No |
| Justification: | The habitat requirements are not known sufficiently to determine whether untargeted management would benefit this species. |
Species Assessment
| Current step on the Species Recovery Curve (SRC): | 3. National Monitoring Plan agreed and implemented |
| Recovery potential/expectation: | Unknown |
| National Monitoring Resource: | Opportunistic - insufficient |
| Species Comments: | A National Monitoring Plan will enable the need to further conservation actions to be established as well as current constraints. |
Key Actions
Key Action 1
Proposed Action: Review what is known about the species to identify why it has declined at existing and disappeared from former sites. Further research any gaps in knowledge to provide targeted habitat creation/management.
Action targets: 4. Autecology and pressures understood
Action type: Scientific research
Duration: 3-5 years
Scale of Implementation: ≤ 5 sites
High priority sites: Ley SSSI / NNR, Blackwater Estuary SSSI / NNR and Scolt Head Island NNR
Comments:
Key Action 2
Proposed Action: Habitat management informed from action 1, including coastal habitats.
Action targets: 6. Recovery solutions trialled
Action type: Habitat management
Duration: >10 years
Scale of Implementation: ≤ 5 sites
High priority sites: Ley SSSI / NNR, Blackwater Estuary SSSI / NNR and Scolt Head Island NNR
Comments:
Key Action 3
Proposed Action: Removal and prevention of pollution from known and potential sites and regular monitoring.
Action targets: 5. Remedial action identified
Action type: Pressure mitigation
Duration: >10 years
Scale of Implementation: ≤ 5 sites
High priority sites: Ley SSSI / NNR, Blackwater Estuary SSSI / NNR and Scolt Head Island NNR
Comments:
Acknowledgment:
Data used on this website are adapted from Threatened species recovery actions 2025 baseline (JP065): Technical report and spreadsheet user guide (Natural England, 2025). Available here.