Germany

Vascular plant species known only from Germany include the Bavarian Scurvy-grass Cochlearia bavarica (de.wikipedia), the Elbe Hair Grass Deschampsia wibeliana (FloraWeb), the Allgäu Lady's Mantle Alchemilla cleistophylla (FloraWeb), a wild rye Elymus arenosus (FloraWeb), the Saxony Reedgrass Calamagrostis pseudopurpurea (FloraWeb), two hawkweeds Hieracium harzianum (FloraWeb) and Hieracium schneidii (FloraWeb), the Elbe Water Dropwort Oenanthe conioides (BG-WEB.de), the cinquefoils Potentilla wismariensis (de.wikipedia) and Potentilla rhenana (FloraWeb), Gagea megapolitana (LUNG pdf file), a buttercup Ranunculus monacensis (FloraWeb), a bramble Rubus sorbicus (FloraWeb), an orchid Epipactis peitzii (Günther Blaich), a mountain ash Sorbus badensis (FloraWeb), and the Blue Zinc Violet Viola guestphalica (FloraWeb).

Freshwater fish unique to Germany include two chars, the recently described Salvelinus evasus (Ittiofauna) and the extinct Salvelinus profundus (Ittiofauna), a recently described ruffe Gymnocephalus ambriaelacus (ARKive) and four whitefishes: Coregonus bavaricus (IGB pdf file), Coregonus hoferi (FishBase), Coregonus lucinensis (ARKive), and the recently described Coregonus fontanae (Ittiofauna).

The Aculeorhynchidae is a family of marine flatworms so far known solely from the North Sea of Germany: and consisting of a single species Aculeorhynchus glandulis (WoRMS). Other endemic invertebrates include a ground beetle Nebria praegensis (Roland Molenda), a click beetle Ampedus ziegleri (Elateridae), a minute brown scavenger beetle Melanophthalma rhenana (latridiidae.de), the extinct Tobias’ Caddisfly Hydropsyche tobiasi (de.wikipedia.org), a money spider Centromerus piccolo (p. 6 of Deutsche Wildtier Stiftung pdf file), a centipede Arctogeophilus wolfi (CHILOBASE), two amphipod crustaceans Niphargellus nolli (Niphargus) and Niphargus enslini (Fauna Europaea), an earthworm Lumbricus badensis (Hindawi), a potworm Achaeta microcosmi (Wiley), and several snails: Bythinella compressa (de.wikipedia), Bythinella badensis (Molluscs of central Europe), Bythiospeum acicula (ARKive), Bythiospeum quenstedti (ARKive), Bythiospeum sandbergi (SysTax), and Trochulus graminicola (AnimalBase).