Lake Pedder planarian
| Lake Pedder planarian | |
|---|---|
| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Platyhelminthes |
| Class: | Turbellaria |
| Order: | Tricladida |
| Family: | Dugesiidae |
| Genus: | Romankenkius |
| Species: | R. pedderensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Romankenkius pedderensis Ball, 1974 | |
The Lake Pedder planarian, Romankenkius pedderensis, is a species of invertebrate in the Dugesiidae family.[2]
Distribution and conservation status
Lake Pedder in 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]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 World Conservation Monitoring Centre (1996). "Romankenkius pedderensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved August 5, 2007.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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).
- ↑ 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