Lake Pedder planarian

The Lake Pedder planarian (Romankenkius pedderensis) is a species of invertebrate in the Dugesiidae family.[2]

Lake Pedder planarian
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Platyhelminthes
Class:
Turbellaria
Order:
Tricladida
Family:
Dugesiidae
Genus:
Romankenkius
Species:
R. pedderensis
Binomial name
Romankenkius pedderensis
Ball, 1974

Distribution and conservation status
Lake Pedder, ca. 1970.

It was endemic to the Lake Pedder area in Tasmania, Australia prior to its flooding in 1972 for a hydro-electric power scheme. Since 1986 this species has been considered extinct by the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.[1] However, recently collected specimens of this species were described in 2006.[3] The ongoing existence of the species was confirmed in 2012.[4]

See also
  • IUCN Red List critically endangered species

References
  1. World Conservation Monitoring Centre (1996). "Romankenkius pedderensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T19741A9008480. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T19741A9008480.en.
  2. Sluys, R., Kawakatsu, M., Riutort, M. & Baguñà, J. 2009. "A new higher classification of planarian flatworms (Platyhelminthes, Tricladida)". Journal of Natural History, vol. 43, pàg. 1763-1777.
  3. Grant, L.J., Sluys, R. & Blair, D. Biodiversity of Australian freshwater planarians (Platyhelminthes: Tricladida: Paludicola): new species and localities, and a review of paludicolan distribution in Australia. Systematics and Biodiversity 4, 435-471 (2006).
  4. Forteath, G.N.R. and Osborn, A.W. Survival of endemic invertebrates of Lake Pedder and Lake Edgar subsequent to inundation. Records of the Queen Victoria Museum 116:2012


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