Cambarus subterraneus
Cambarus subterraneus, the Delaware County cave crayfish, is a species of crayfish in the family Cambaridae. It has been found only in three caves in Delaware County, Oklahoma.[2][3][1]
| Cambarus subterraneus | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Crustacea |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Family: | Cambaridae |
| Genus: | Cambarus |
| Species: | C. subterraneus |
| Binomial name | |
| Cambarus subterraneus Hobbs III, 1993 | |
The IUCN conservation status of Cambarus subterraneus is "CR", critically endangered. The species faces an extremely high risk of extinction in the immediate future. The IUCN status was reviewed in 2010.[1]
References
- "Cambarus subterraneus Red List status". IUCN Red List. Retrieved 2020-01-23.
- "Cambarus subterraneus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2020-01-23.
- "Cambarus subterraneus". GBIF. Retrieved 2020-01-23.
Further reading
- Hobbs, Horton H. Jr. (1989). "An Illustrated Checklist of the American Crayfishes (Decapoda: Astacidae, Cambaridae, and Parastacidae)" (PDF). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology (480).
- Loughman, Z.; Simon, T. (2011). "Zoogeography, taxonomy, and conservation of West Virginia's Ohio River floodplain crayfishes (Decapoda, Cambaridae)". ZooKeys (74): 1–78. doi:10.3897/zookeys.74.808. PMC 3088040. PMID 21594135.
- Nizinski, Martha S. (2003). "Annotated checklist of decapod crustaceans of Atlantic coastal and continental shelf waters of the United States" (PDF). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 116 (1): 96–157. ISSN 0006-324X.
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