Lake Pedder planarian
Encyclopedia
The Lake Pedder planarian, Romankenkius pedderensis, was a species of invertebrate
in the Dugesiidae
family.
area in Tasmania
, Australia
prior to its flooding in 1972 for a hydro-electric power scheme, but is now considered extinct.
Invertebrate
An invertebrate is an animal without a backbone. The group includes 97% of all animal species – all animals except those in the chordate subphylum Vertebrata .Invertebrates form a paraphyletic group...
in the Dugesiidae
Dugesiidae
Dugesiidae is a family of freshwater Tricladida distributed worldwide . According to molecular analyses, Dugesiidae is the sister group of land planarians.-Genera:Eleven Dugesiidae genera are known:* Bopsula* Cura* Dugesia...
family.
Distribution and conservation status
It was endemic to the Lake PedderLake Pedder
Lake Pedder was once a natural lake, located in the southwest of Tasmania, Australia but the name is now used in an official sense to refer to the much larger artificial impoundment and diversion lake formed when the original lake was expanded by damming in 1972 by the Hydro Electric Commission of...
area in Tasmania
Tasmania
Tasmania is an Australian island and state. It is south of the continent, separated by Bass Strait. The state includes the island of Tasmania—the 26th largest island in the world—and the surrounding islands. The state has a population of 507,626 , of whom almost half reside in the greater Hobart...
, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
prior to its flooding in 1972 for a hydro-electric power scheme, but is now considered extinct.