List of recently extinct invertebrates

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As of July 2016, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) lists 395 extinct species, 206 possibly extinct species, 15 extinct in the wild species, 8 extinct subspecies, and 5 extinct in the wild subspecies of invertebrate.[1][2]

Extinct species

  • Lake Pedder planarian (Romankenkius pedderensis)

Nemertea species

Extinct species

  • Geonemertes rodericana

Possibly extinct species

  • Prosadenoporus agricola

Extinct species

  • Lake Pedder earthworm (Hypolimnus pedderensis)[7]

Extinct species

Possibly extinct species

Extinct in the wild species

Extinct subspecies

  • Achatinella apexfulva vittata
  • Achatinella bulimoides rosea
  • Partula suturalis suturalis
  • Partula taeniata taeniata
  • Placostylus bivaricosus etheridgei

Extinct in the wild subspecies

  • Partula suturalis strigosa
  • Partula suturalis vexillum
  • Partula taeniata elongata
  • Partula taeniata nucleola
  • Partula taeniata simulans

Extinct species

Possibly extinct species

Extinct subspecies

  • Yellow-blossom (Epioblasma florentina florentina)
  • Epioblasma torulosa gubernaculum
  • Tubercled-blossom pearly mussel (Epioblasma torulosa torulosa)

Possibly extinct species

Possibly extinct species

  • Mecistocephalus cyclops
  • Mecistocephalus sechellarum

Extinct species

Extinct species

Possibly extinct species

Extinct species

Possibly extinct species

Possibly extinct species

  • Ceratophysella sp. nov. 'HC'
  • Delamarephorura tami

Extinct species

Includes crabs, lobsters, crayfish, shrimp, krill, woodlice, and many others.

Extinct species

Possibly extinct species

Extinct in the wild species

Extinct species

Possibly extinct species

  • Morogoro pretty grasshopper (Acanthothericles bicoloripes)
  • Zanzibar giant forest grasshopper (Allaga ambigua)
  • Spined dwarf mantis (Ameles fasciipennis)
  • Andrena labiatula
  • Usambara splendid grasshopper (Anischnansis burtti)
  • Anisogomphus solitaris
  • Balta crassivenosa
  • Bombus rubriventris
  • Togo red jewel (Chlorocypha jejuna)
  • Morogoro monkey grasshopper (Chromomastax movogovodia)
  • Mpwapwa silent grasshopper (Chromousambilla burtti)
  • Maspalomas bow-legged grasshopper (Dericorys minutus)
  • Disparoneura ramajana
  • Drepanosticta adami
  • Drepanosticta austeni
  • Drepanosticta montana
  • Drepanosticta submontana
  • Enallagma maldivensis
  • Kilosa noble grasshopper (Eupropacris abbreviata)
  • Mlingano monkey grasshopper (Euschmidtia bidens)
  • Burtt's monkey grasshopper (Euschmidtia burtti)
  • Dirsh's monkey grasshopper (Euschmidtia dirshi)
  • Phipps' monkey grasshopper (Euschmidtia phippsi)
  • Dar-es-salaam monkey grasshopper (Euschmidtia viridifasciata)
  • Gran Canaria bush-cricket (Evergoderes cabrerai)
  • Heliogomphus lyratus
  • Heliogomphus nietneri
  • Heteragrion peregrinum
  • Holocompsa pusilla
  • Macromia flinti
  • Megachile cypricola
  • Molokai damselfly (Megalagrion molokaiense)
  • Metaleptobasis gibbosa
  • Nomada siciliensis
  • Elusive skimmer (Orthetrum rubens)
  • Palaemnema edmondi
  • Zulu ambush katydid (Peringueyella zulu)
  • Perissolestes remus
  • Pieris wollastoni
  • Seychelles shortwinged groundhopper (Procytettix fusiformis)
  • Three-lobed bush-cricket (Rhacocleis trilobata)
  • Sliferia similis
  • Theganopteryx grisea
  • Theganopteryx liturata
  • Theganopteryx scotti
  • Peringuey's seedpod shieldback (Thoracistus peringueyi)

Extinct in the wild species

See also

References

  1. "IUCN Red List version 2016.1". International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN). http://www.iucnredlist.org/. 
  2. "Table 9: Possibly Extinct and Possibly Extinct in the Wild Species (IUCN Red List version 2016-1)". Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN). http://www.iucnredlist.org/about/summary-statistics. 
  3. Blakemore (2019). "Extinction of Japan's first formally described earthworm Amynthas japonicus (Horst, 1883) (Annelida, Oligochaeta, Megadrilacea, Megascolecidae).". Bulletin of Kanagawa Museum 48: 55–60. http://nh.kanagawa-museum.jp/files/data/pdf/bulletin/48/bull48_55_60_blakemore.pdf. Retrieved 10 May 2019. 
  4. Blakemore (2012). "On Schmarda's lost earthworm and some newly found New Zealand species (Oligochaeta: Megadrilacea: Lumbricidae, Acanthodrilidae, Octochaetidae, & Megascolecidae s. stricto)". Journal of Species Research (JSR) 1 (2): 105–132. doi:10.12651/jsr.2012.1.2.105. 
  5. Blakemore, R.J. (2017). "Tokea orthostichon". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T103192401A103193535. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T103192401A103193535.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/103192401/103193535. Retrieved 16 October 2022. 
  6. Blakemore (2019). "Redescription of extinct New Zealand earthworm: Tokea orthostichon (Schmarda, 1861)". Bull. Kanagawa Prefectural Museum (N.H.) 42: 61–68. http://nh.kanagawa-museum.jp/files/data/pdf/bulletin/48/bull48_61_68_blakemore.pdf. Retrieved 1 March 2019. 
  7. Blakemore (2003). "Hypolimnus pedderensis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2003: e.T41254A10424837". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2003. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/41254/10424837. Retrieved 27 May 2019. 





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