List of recently extinct invertebrates

As of July 2016, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) lists 395 extinct species, 206 possibly extinct species, 15 extinct in the wild species, 8 extinct subspecies, and 5 extinct in the wild subspecies of invertebrate.^[1]^[2]

Extinct in the wild (EW): 2 species
Critically endangered (CR): 853 species
Endangered (EN): 1,533 species
Vulnerable (VU): 1,578 species
Near threatened (NT, LR/cd): 1,119 species
Least concern (LC): 8,632 species
Data deficient (DD): 4,644 species

Invertebrate species (IUCN, 2025.2)

18,442 extant species have been evaluated
13,798 of those are fully assessed^[a]
9,751 are not threatened at present^[b]
4,047 to 8,691 are threatened^[c]
83 to 255 are extinct or extinct in the wild:
- 81 extinct (EX) species^[d]
- 2 extinct in the wild (EW)
- 171 possibly extinct [CR(PE)]
- 1 possibly extinct in the wild [CR(PEW)]

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

[1] [a]
excludes data deficient evaluations.

[2] [b]
NT, LR/cd, LC.

[3] [c]
Threatened comprises CR, EN and VU. Upper estimate additionally includes DD.

[4] [d]
Chart omits extinct (EX) species

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List of recently extinct invertebrates

Nemertea

Annelids

Molluscs

Gastropods

Bivalvia

Cnidaria

Arthropods

Centipedes

Seed shrimps

Arachnids

Millipedes

Entognatha

Maxillopoda

Malacostracans

Insects

See also

References

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