Lake Pedder planarian

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

The Lake Pedder planarian (Romankenkius pedderensis) was a species of invertebrate in the Kenkiidae family.

[edit] Distribution and conservation status

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

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