List of recently extinct arthropods

393 critically endangered arthropod species (4.1%) 626 endangered arthropod species (6.6%) 1081 vulnerable arthropod species (11%) 398 near threatened arthropod species (4.2%) 4080 least concern arthropod species (43%) 2890 data deficient arthropod species (31%)Circle frame.svg
  •   Extinct in the wild (EW): 2 species
  •   Critically endangered (CR): 393 species
  •   Endangered (EN): 626 species
  •   Vulnerable (VU): 1,081 species
  •   Near threatened (NT, LR/cd): 398 species
  •   Least concern (LC): 4,080 species
  •   Data deficient (DD): 2,890 species
Arthropod species (IUCN, 2016-2)
  • 9470 extant species have been evaluated
  • 6580 of those are fully assessed[lower-alpha 1]
  • 4478 are not threatened at present[lower-alpha 2]
  • 2100 to 4990 are threatened[lower-alpha 3]
  • 83 to 169 are extinct or extinct in the wild:
    • 81 extinct (EX) species[lower-alpha 4]
    • 2 extinct in the wild (EW)
    • 86 possibly extinct [CR(PE)]
    • 0 possibly extinct in the wild [CR(PEW)]

  1. excludes data deficient evaluations.
  2. NT, LR/cd, LC.
  3. Threatened comprises CR, EN and VU. Upper estimate additionally includes DD.
  4. Chart omits extinct (EX) species

As of September 2016, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) lists 81 extinct species, 86 possibly extinct species, and two extinct in the wild species of arthropod.[1][2]

Centipedes

Possibly extinct species

Seed shrimps

Extinct species

Arachnids

Extinct species

Possibly extinct species

Millipedes

Extinct species

Possibly extinct species

Entognatha

Possibly extinct species

Maxillopoda

Extinct species

Malacostracans

Includes crabs, lobsters, crayfish, shrimp, krill, woodlice, and many others.

Extinct species

Possibly extinct species

  • Atya brachyrhinus
  • Cambarellus areolatus
  • White spring cave crayfish (Cambarus veitchorum)
  • Caridina apodosis
  • Caridina yilong
  • Cryphiops luscus
  • Macrobrachium denticulatum
  • Macrobrachium oxyphilus
  • Macrobrachium purpureamanus
  • Macrobrachium scorteccii
  • Florida cave shrimp (Palaemonetes cummingi)
  • Perbrinckia gabadagei
  • Big-cheeked cave crayfish (Procambarus delicatus)
  • Procambarus paradoxus
  • Sinodina acutipoda
  • Strengeriana antioquensis
  • Tehuana veracruzana

Extinct in the wild species

Insects

Extinct species

Possibly extinct species

Extinct in the wild species

See also

References

  1. "IUCN Red List version 2016-2". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN). Retrieved 8 September 2016.
  2. "Table 9: Possibly Extinct and Possibly Extinct in the Wild Species (IUCN Red List version 2016-2)". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN). Retrieved 8 September 2016.
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