Pink Cave Flatworm
Kenkia glandulosa Hyman, 1956
Taxonomy
| Kingdom | Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Platyhelminthes |
| Class | Turbellaria |
| Order | Tricladida |
| Family | Kenkiidae |
| Genus | Kenkia |
| Species | Kenkia glandulosa Hyman, 1956 |
Synonyms
- Macrocotyla glandularis Hyman, 1956 (subjective synonym, CoL)
- Macrocotyla glandulosa Hyman, 1956 (prior combination, CoL)
Description
Diagnostic characters
- Ecological class
- Stygobiont
- Realm
- Aquatic
- Troglomorphy
- Troglomorphic
- Maximum length
- 30 mm
Distribution
Type locality
Devils Icebox Cave, Boone Co., MO
Range
Known from two counties across two states across two karst regions.
Continent
North America
Country
United States
States and provinces
Iowa, Missouri
Counties
- Iowa
- Jackson
- Missouri
- Boone
Karst regions
Driftless Area, Ozarks
Specimens
Collections holding material
| Institution | Lots |
|---|---|
| National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution | 11 |
11 cataloged lots in 1 collection. Compiled from GBIF and not an exhaustive census: many collections are not yet digitised, and holdings are added continually. Search GBIF for specimen records.
Download all 11 specimen records (CSV) Institution, catalog number, type status and preparation. No coordinates.
Conservation and management
NatureServe
G2G3 Imperiled to Vulnerable
Global rank last reviewed 21 August 2002.
Subnational ranks
- Iowa
- SNR Unranked
- Missouri
- S1 Critically Imperiled
Ranks looked up 23 August 2026. Conservation status changes, and a rank here is as current as that date and no more.
State and federal status
Not listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act.
Other resources
References
- Carpenter, J.H. 1970a. Systematics and ecology of cave planarians of the United States. University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, USA. 213 pp.
- Nicholas, G. 1960. Checklist of macroscopic troglobitic organisms of the United States. The American Midland Naturalist 64: 123–160. doi:10.2307/2422897
- Peck, S.B. & Christiansen, K. 1990. Evolution and zoogeography of the invertebrate cave faunas of the Driftless Area of the upper Mississippi River Valley of Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Illinois, U.S.A. Canadian Journal of Zoology 68: 73–88. doi:10.1139/z90-012
- Peck, S.B. & Lewis, J.J. 1978. Zoogeography and evolution of the subterranean invertebrate faunas of Illinois and southeastern Missouri. National Speleological Society Bulletin 40: 39–63.
- Wicks, C.M. & Noltie, D.B. 2002. Variations in the discharge and specific conductance of the spring water in which stygobitic species live. Hydrogeology and Biology of Post-Palaeozoic Carbonate Aquifers. Proceedings of the Symposium Karst Frontiers: Florida and Related Environments: 183–184. https://karstwaters.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/SP7-Florida-PostPaleozoic-carbonate-aquifers.pdf. details
This account was last revised 28 August 2026. Conservation ranks were looked up 23 August 2026.
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