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The Lake Pedder planarian (''Romankenkius pedderensis'') is a species of
The species is
invertebrate
Invertebrates are a paraphyletic group of animals that neither possess nor develop a vertebral column (commonly known as a ''backbone'' or ''spine''), derived from the notochord. This is a grouping including all animals apart from the chordate ...
in the family Dugesiidae.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.
Distribution and conservation status
The species is endemic
Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsew ...
to the Lake Pedder area in Tasmania
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, Australia. This species has been considered extinct by the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
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since 1986, although their last conservation assessment was dated 1996. Live specimens of this species were collected in 2006 and the ongoing existence of the species was again confirmed in 2012.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
See also
References
Dugesiidae Animals described in 1974 Lake Pedder Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{flatworm-stub