Lake Pedder planarian

Taxobox
name = Lake Pedder planarian


status = EX | status_system = IUCN2.3
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Platyhelminthes
classis = Turbellaria
ordo = Tricladida
familia = Kenkiidae
genus = "Romankenkius"
species = "R. pedderensis"
binomial = "Romankenkius pedderensis"
binomial_authority = Ball, 1974
synonyms = The Lake Pedder planarian ("Romankenkius pedderensis") was a species of invertebrate in the Kenkiidae family.

Distribution and conservation status

It was endemic to the Lake Pedder area in Tasmania, Australia prior to its flooding in 1972 for a hydro-electric power scheme, but is now considered extinct.

ource

* World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1996. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/19741/all Romankenkius pedderensis] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 05 August 2007.