Invertebrate of the year

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The invertebrate animal of the year was proclaimed annually from 2001 to 2007 by the environmental center Waldschule Cappenberg to draw attention to the endangerment of invertebrates and their habitats. Even after the campaign was discontinued in 2007, invertebrates will be presented by various associations as part of the Nature of the Year project , including the spider of the year , the butterfly of the year or the dragonfly of the year . The mollusc of the year (Germany) and the insect of the year are presented in Germany and Austria according to separate guidelines. However, many groups of invertebrates such as worms or crustaceans do not appear much due to this subdivision.

List of invertebrates of the year

year German name scientific name Illustration
2001 Basement louse Porcellio scaber
2001 cellar louse
2002 River flea cancer Gammarus pulex
2002 Brook flea cancer
2003 Stone crawler Lithobiidae
2003 Stone Crawler
2004 earthworm Lumbricus terrestris
2004 earthworm
2005 leech Hirudinea
2005 leeches
2006 Rimmed juice ball Glomerida
2006 Edged juice ball
2007 tick Ixodida
2007 tick

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Naturschutzbund Deutschland (NABU): The Gerandete Saftkugler is the invertebrate animal of the year 2006. Accessed on August 19, 2016 .
  2. ↑ Naturschutzbund Deutschland (NABU): Nature of the Year 2016. Accessed on August 9, 2016 .

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