Pauliani’s Afrocyclops (Afrocyclops pauliani)
This species is known based on a single specimen that was discovered in 1951 in a small freshwater pool near Antananarivo, the capital city of Madagascar.
The species has never been found since and is considered most likely extinct.
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edited: 29.04.2021
Dead as the Dodo – Holocene Extinctions
… about 5692 taxa have disappeared since the beginning of the Anthropocene era (since about 10000 BCE)
