Lake Pedder earthworm

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Lake Pedder earthworm
Conservation status
Extinct (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Annelida Class: Oligochaeta Order: Haplotaxida Family: Megascolecidae Genus: Hypolimnus Species: H. pedderensis
Binomial name
Hypolimnus pedderensis (Jamieson, 1974)

The Lake Pedder earthworm (Hypolimnus pedderensis) was a species of invertebrate in the Megascolecidae family.

Contents 1 Taxonomy 2 Distribution 3 Conservation status 4 References

[edit] Taxonomy

The Lepidopetera genus Hypolimnas is often misspelled as "Hypolimnus" but is not homonymous (see Hypolimnas).

[edit] Distribution

It was endemic to the Lake Pedder area in Tasmania, Australia prior to its flooding in 1972 for a hydro-electric power scheme.

[edit] Conservation status

It is only known from a specimen collected from a Lake Pedder beach in 1971. A 1996 survey failed to find it and it is presumed extinct.^[1]

[edit] References

• World Conservation Monitoring Centre (1996). Hypolimnus pedderensis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 29 December 2007. Listed as Extinct(EX v2.1)