Globally Extinct: Crustaceans
The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (Version 2011.1) has listed 11 crustacean species as extinct and no subspecies. The Sixth Extinction website lists 12 recent extinctions of crustacean species. Several missing species have not been seen for years and are possibly extinct as well.
Image: A Sooty Crayfish (Pacifastacus nigrescens) photographed by George C. Clinton. This photograph is published in California Fish and Game (Volume 45, number 1, January 1959), a journal of the California Department of Fish and Game. According to the Biodiversity Heritage Library (BHL), this image is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.
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The subjoined table shows the species that recently became globally extinct.
| Species (12) / Subspecies (0) | |||
| Scientific Name | Common Name | TEW Status | IUCN Status |
| Afrocyclops pauliani | Unknown | EX | EX |
| Austrogammarus australis | Unknown | EX | EX |
| Cambarellus alvarezi | Unknown | EX | EX |
| Cambarellus chihuahuae | Chihuahua Dwarf Crayfish | EX | EX |
| Dexteria floridana | Florida Fairy Shrimp | EX | CR |
| Liocypris grandis | Unknown | EX | EX |
| Namibocypris costata | Unknown | EX | EX |
| Pacifastacus nigrescens | Sooty Crayfish | EX | EX |
| Procambarus angustatus | Sandhills Crayfish | EX | EX |
| Stygobromus lucifugus | Rubious Cave Amphipod | EX | EX |
| Syncaris pasadenas | Pasadena Freshwater Shrimp | EX | EX |
| Tropodiaptomus ctenopus | Unknown | EX | EX |
References
Center for Biological Diversity (2011). Two Florida Species Declared Extinct - Endangered Species Review Too Late to Save South Florida Rainbow Snake, Florida Fairy Shrimp. Press Release, 5 October 2011. Downloaded on 6 October 2011 from http://www.biologicaldiversity.org/news/press_releases/2011/florida-extinct-species-10-05-2011.html.
IUCN (2011). IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.1. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 6 October 2011.
| Citation: | Maas, P.H.J. (2011). Globally Extinct: Crustaceans. In: TSEW (). The Sixth Extinction Website. <http://www.petermaas.nl/extinct>. Downloaded on . |
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| Updated: | 8 October 2011 |