Creatures in Crisis
Photograph of Dexteria (Dexteria floridana), recorded as Critically Endangered
Dexteria (Dexteria floridana). Image via Wikimedia Commons.

Critically Endangered

Dexteria

Dexteria floridana

Dexteria is an animal in the family Chirocephalidae (order Anostraca) — Dexteria floridana, recorded as Critically Endangered.

Status
Critically Endangered
Scientific name
Dexteria floridana
Taxonomy
Branchiopoda · Anostraca · Chirocephalidae · Dexteria

The animal

It was originally described by Ralph W.

Range and habitat

It was endemic to Florida, where it was known from a single pool, south of Gainesville. The species was declared extinct on October 5, 2011 because it was found that the only known pool of water that contained the known population was filled in for development, thereby killing the shrimps.

Pins are Wikidata “endemic to” fields. Orange dots, when present, are GBIF occurrence tiles — survey bias included.

In crisis

Dexteria is Critically Endangered on this catalog because that is the IUCN category stored on Wikidata. Confirm the official criteria and any later count on iucnredlist.org.

Sources

Written for this catalog from the English Wikipedia article on Dexteria, Wikidata item Q601116. Family and order context is original field-guide writing about the group, not a copied assessment of this one species. Wikipedia text is CC BY-SA. Not an IUCN assessment. Counts, when quoted, can change — confirm them on the recovery programme and on iucnredlist.org.

Photograph via Wikimedia Commons. Wikipedia · Wikidata · IUCN Red List.

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Quick answers

What is Dexteria?
Dexteria is an animal in the family Chirocephalidae (order Anostraca) — Dexteria floridana.
What is the conservation status of Dexteria?
Critically Endangered, as the IUCN category stored on Wikidata for Dexteria floridana. Confirm the official assessment on iucnredlist.org.
Where does Dexteria live?
It was endemic to Florida, where it was known from a single pool, south of Gainesville.
Why is Dexteria in crisis?
The species was declared extinct on October 5, 2011 because it was found that the only known pool of water that contained the known population was filled in for development, thereby killing the shrimps.
Is this the IUCN Red List page for Dexteria floridana?
No. This is a researched catalog account. The Red List is the assessment.
Is Dexteria a pet?
An animal on this catalog is in crisis in the wild. Keeping one is usually the wrong question.