List of recently extinct invertebrates

987 critically endangered invertebrate species (5.6%)1163 endangered invertebrate species (6.6%)2178 vulnerable invertebrate species (12%)1105 near threatened invertebrate species (6.3%)6919 least concern invertebrate species (39%)5278 data deficient invertebrate species (30%)Circle frame.svg
  •   Extinct in the wild (EW): 16 species
  •   Critically endangered (CR): 987 species
  •   Endangered (EN): 1,163 species
  •   Vulnerable (VU): 2,178 species
  •   Near threatened (NT, LR/cd): 1,105 species
  •   Least concern (LC): 6,919 species
  •   Data deficient (DD): 5,278 species
Invertebrate species (IUCN, 2016.1)
  • 17,646 extant species have been evaluated
  • 12,368 of those are fully assessed[lower-alpha 1]
  • 8024 are not threatened at present[lower-alpha 2]
  • 4328 to 9606 are threatened[lower-alpha 3]
  • 410 to 616 are extinct or extinct in the wild:
    • 394 extinct (EX) species[lower-alpha 4]
    • 16 extinct in the wild (EW)
    • 206 possibly extinct [CR(PE)]
    • 0 possibly extinct in the wild [CR(PEW)]

  1. excludes data deficient evaluations.
  2. NT, LR/cd, LC.
  3. Threatened comprises CR, EN and VU. Upper estimate additionally includes DD.
  4. Chart omits extinct (EX) species

As of July 2016, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) lists 394 extinct species, 206 possibly extinct species, 16 extinct in the wild species, eight extinct subspecies, and five extinct in the wild subspecies of invertebrate.[1][2]

Flatworms

Extinct species

Nemertea species

Extinct species

  • Geonemertes rodericana

Possibly extinct species

  • Prosadenoporus agricola

Annelids

Extinct species

Molluscs

Gastropods

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

Bivalvia

Extinct species

Possibly extinct species

Extinct subspecies

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

Cnidaria

Possibly extinct species

Arthropods

Centipedes

Possibly extinct species

  • Mecistocephalus cyclops
  • Mecistocephalus sechellarum

Seed shrimps

Extinct species

Arachnids

Extinct species

Possibly extinct species

Millipedes

Extinct species

Possibly extinct species

Entognatha

Possibly extinct species

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

Maxillopoda

Extinct species

Malacostracans

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

Extinct species

Possibly extinct species

  • Atya brachyrhinus
  • Cambarellus areolatus
  • White spring cave crayfish (Cambarus veitchorum)
  • Caridina apodosis
  • Caridina yilong
  • Cryphiops luscus
  • Macrobrachium denticulatum
  • Macrobrachium oxyphilus
  • Macrobrachium purpureamanus
  • Macrobrachium scorteccii
  • Florida cave shrimp (Palaemonetes cummingi)
  • Perbrinckia gabadagei
  • Big-cheeked cave crayfish (Procambarus delicatus)
  • Procambarus paradoxus
  • Sinodina acutipoda
  • Strengeriana antioquensis
  • Tehuana veracruzana

Extinct in the wild species

Insects

Extinct species

Possibly extinct species

Extinct in the wild species

See also

References

  1. "IUCN Red List version 2016.1". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN). Retrieved 4 July 2016.
  2. "Table 9: Possibly Extinct and Possibly Extinct in the Wild Species (IUCN Red List version 2016-1)". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN). Retrieved 4 July 2016.
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