Creatures in Crisis
Photograph of Lepidurus packardi (Lepidurus packardi), recorded as Endangered
Lepidurus packardi (Lepidurus packardi). Image via Wikimedia Commons.

Endangered

Lepidurus packardi

Lepidurus packardi

Lepidurus packardi is an animal in the family Triopsidae (order Notostraca), recorded as Endangered.

Status
Endangered
Scientific name
Lepidurus packardi
Taxonomy
Branchiopoda · Notostraca · Triopsidae · Lepidurus

The animal

It has a shield-like carapace up to 3.5 cm (1.4 in) long.

Range and habitat

The freshwater crustacean is endemic to California, where it lives in the endangered vernal pool type of habitat, and other freshwater aquatic habitats among them ponds, reservoirs, ditches, road ruts, and other natural and artificial temporary water bodies. The animal is found in several regions of California, among them the Central Coast, Sacramento Valley, San Joaquin Valley, and southern Sierra Nevada foothills. The southeastern Sacramento Valley contains about 15% of the remaining vernal pool grassland habitat in the state, and it has about 35% of the known occurrences of L. Packardi. 28% of all occurrences are in Sacramento County, California.

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

In crisis

Lepidurus packardi is a listed federally as an endangered species and by the IUCN RedList. Threats to L. Packardi include anything that destroys, degrades, or fragments its ephemeral pool habitat. Nine percent of historical vernal pool habitat remains today, and it is fragmented and isolated.

Lepidurus packardi is 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 Lepidurus packardi, Wikidata item Q1089329. 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 Lepidurus packardi?
Lepidurus packardi is an animal in the family Triopsidae (order Notostraca).
What is the conservation status of Lepidurus packardi?
Endangered, as the IUCN category stored on Wikidata for Lepidurus packardi. Confirm the official assessment on iucnredlist.org.
Where does Lepidurus packardi live?
The freshwater crustacean is endemic to California, where it lives in the endangered vernal pool type of habitat, and other freshwater aquatic habitats among them ponds, reservoirs, ditches, road ruts, and other natural and artificial temporary water bodies.
Why is Lepidurus packardi in crisis?
Lepidurus packardi is a listed federally as an endangered species and by the IUCN RedList.
Is this the IUCN Red List page for Lepidurus packardi?
No. This is a researched catalog account. The Red List is the assessment.
Is Lepidurus packardi a pet?
An animal on this catalog is in crisis in the wild. Keeping one is usually the wrong question.