Lake Pedder earthworm
The Lake Pedder earthworm (Hypolimnus pedderensis) is an extinct earthworm species in the family Megascolecidae. Its genus Hypolimnus is monotypic.
| Lake Pedder earthworm | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Annelida |
| Class: | Clitellata |
| Order: | Haplotaxida |
| Family: | Megascolecidae |
| Genus: | Hypolimnus Blakemore, 2000 |
| Species: | †H. pedderensis |
| Binomial name | |
| †Hypolimnus pedderensis (Jamieson, 1974) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Atlantodrilus pedderensis (nomen nudum) | |
It was endemic to the Lake Pedder area in Tasmania, Australia, prior to its flooding in 1972 for a hydro-electric power scheme.
It is only known from a specimen collected from a Lake Pedder beach in 1971.[1] A 1996 survey failed to find it and it is presumed extinct.[1][2]
References
- World Conservation Monitoring Centre (1996). "Hypolimnus pedderensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996. Retrieved 29 December 2007.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link) Listed as Extinct (EX v2.1)
- Blakemore, R.J. 2003. Hypolimnus pedderensis. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 5 August 2007.
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