- Cambarus
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Cambarus Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Crustacea Class: Malacostraca Order: Decapoda Infraorder: Astacidea Superfamily: Astacoidea Family: Cambaridae Genus: Cambarus
Erichson, 1846Type species Astacus Bartonii
Fabricius, 1798 [1]Cambarus is a large and diverse genus of North American crayfish. The adults range in size from about 5 centimetres (2 in) up to approximately 15 cm (6 in).
Classification
The genus Cambarus contains around 100 species, divided among 12 subgenera,[2][3] many of which are listed on the IUCN Red List:[4]
- Subgenus Aviticambarus Hobbs, 1969
- Cambarus hamulatus (Cope, 1881)
- Cambarus jonesi Hobbs & Barr, 1960 – Alabama cave crayfish
- Cambarus laconensis Buhay & Crandall, 2009 [5]
- Cambarus pecki (Hobbs, 1967) [5]
- Cambarus speleocoopi Buhay & Crandall, 2009 [5]
- Cambarus veitchorum J. E. Cooper & M. R. Cooper, 1997 – White Spring cave crayfish
- Subgenus Cambarus Erichson, 1846
- Cambarus angularis Hobbs & R. W. Bouchard, 1994
- Cambarus bartonii (Fabricius, 1798) – Appalachian brook crayfish
- Cambarus carinirostris Hay, 1914 – rock crawfish
- Cambarus davidi J. E. Cooper, 2000 – Carolina ladle crayfish
- Cambarus eeseeohensis Thoma, 2005
- Cambarus howardi Hobbs & Hall, 1969 – Chattahoochee crayfish
- Cambarus lenati J. E. Cooper, 2000 – Broad River crayfish
- Cambarus ortmanni Williamson, 1907 – Ortmann mudbug
- Cambarus sciotensis Rhoades, 1944 – Teays River crayfish
- Subgenus Depressicambarus Hobbs, 1969
- Cambarus catagius Hobbs & Perkins, 1967
– Greensboro burrowing crayfish - Cambarus cymatilis Hobbs, 1970
- Cambarus deweesae R. W. Bouchard & Etnier, 1979 – valley flame crayfish
- Cambarus doughertyensis Cooper & Skelton, 2003
- Cambarus englishi Hobbs & Hall, 1972
- Cambarus graysoni Faxon, 1914 – two-spot crayfish
- Cambarus halli Hobbs, 1968
- Cambarus harti Hobbs, 1981 – piedmont blue burrower
- Cambarus latimanus (Le Conte, 1856)
- Cambarus obstipus Hall, 1959
- Cambarus pyronotus R. W. Bouchard, 1978 – fireback crayfish
- Cambarus reduncus Hobbs, 1956
- Cambarus reflexus Hobbs, 1981
- Cambarus sphenoides Hobbs, 1968
- Cambarus striatus Hay, 1902 – Hay crayfish
- Cambarus strigosus Hobbs, 1981
- Cambarus truncatus Hobbs, 1981 – Oconee burrowing crayfish
- Subgenus Erebicambarus Hobbs, 1969
- Cambarus hubbsi Creaser, 1931
- Cambarus hubrichti Hobbs, 1952 – Salem cave crayfish
- Cambarus maculatus Hobbs & Pflieger, 1988 – freckled crayfish
- Cambarus ornatus Rhoades, 1944
- Cambarus rusticiformis Rhoades, 1944 – Depression crayfish
- Cambarus tenebrosus Hay, 1902 – cavespring crayfish
- Subgenus Exilicambarus Bouchard & Hobbs, 1976
- Cambarus cracens R. W. Bouchard & Hobbs, 1976
- Subgenus Glareocola Bouchard & Bouchard, 1995
- Cambarus brachydactylus Hobbs, 1953
- Cambarus friaufi Hobbs, 1953 – hairy crayfish
- Cambarus williami R. W. Bouchard & J. W. Bouchard, 1995 – Brawleys Fork crayfish
- Subgenus Hiaticambarus Hobbs, 1969
- Cambarus chasmodactylus James, 1966 – New River crayfish
- Cambarus coosawattae Hobbs, 1981 – Coosawattae crayfish
- Cambarus elkensis Jezerinac & Stocker, 1993 – Elk River crayfish
- Cambarus fasciatus Hobbs, 1981 – Etowah crayfish
- Cambarus girardianus Faxon, 1884
- Cambarus longirostris Faxon, 1885
- Cambarus longulus Girard, 1852
- Cambarus manningi Hobbs, 1981
- Cambarus speciosus Hobbs, 1981
- Subgenus Jugicambarus Hobbs, 1969
- Cambarus aculabrum Hobbs & Brown, 1987 – Benton County cave crayfish, cave crayfish
- Cambarus asperimanus Faxon, 1914
- Cambarus batchi Schuster, 1973 – bluegrass crayfish
- Cambarus bouchardi Hobbs, 1970 – Big South Fork crayfish
- Cambarus carolinus (Erichson, 1846)
- Cambarus causeyi Reimer, 1966
- Cambarus clivosus Taylor, Soucek & Organ, 2006
- Cambarus conasaugaensis Hobbs & Hobbs III, 1962
- Cambarus crinipes R. W. Bouchard, 1973
- Cambarus cryptodytes Hobbs, 1941 – Dougherty Plain cave crayfish
- Cambarus distans Rhoades, 1944 – boxclaw crawfish
- Cambarus dubius Faxon, 1884 – upland burrowing crayfish
- Cambarus gentryi Hobbs, 1970
- Cambarus jezerinaci Thoma, 2000
- Cambarus monongalensis Ortmann, 1905
- Cambarus nodosus R. W. Bouchard & Hobbs, 1976
- Cambarus obeyensis Hobbs & Shoup, 1947 – Obey crayfish
- Cambarus parvoculus Hobbs & Shoup, 1947 – mountain midget crayfish
- Cambarus setosus Faxon, 1889 – bristly cave crayfish
- Cambarus subterraneus Hobbs III, 1993 – Delaware County cave crayfish
- Cambarus tartarus Hobbs & M. R. Cooper, 1972 – Oklahoma cave crayfish
- Cambarus tuckasegee Cooper & Schofield, 2002
- Cambarus unestami Hobbs & Hall, 1969
- Cambarus zophonastes Hobbs & Bedinger, 1964 – cave crayfish, Hell Creek cave crayfish
- Subgenus Lacunicambarus Hobbs, 1969
- Cambarus diogenes Girard, 1852 – devil crawfish, devil crayfish
- Cambarus ludovicianus Faxon, 1884 – painted devil crayfish
- Cambarus miltus Fitzpatrick, 1978 – rusty grave digger
- Subgenus Puncticambarus Hobbs, 1969
- Cambarus acuminatus Faxon, 1884
- Cambarus brimleyorum Cooper, 2006
- Cambarus buntingi R. W. Bouchard, 1973 – Bunting crayfish
- Cambarus chaugaensis Prins & Hobbs, 1972 – Chauga crayfish
- Cambarus coosae Hobbs, 1981
- Cambarus cumberlandensis Hobbs & R. W. Bouchard, 1973 – Cumberland crayfish
- Cambarus extraneus Hagen, 1870 – Chickamauga crayfish
- Cambarus georgiae Hobbs, 1981 – Little Tennessee crayfish
- Cambarus hiwasseensis Hobbs, 1981 – Hiwassee crayfish
- Cambarus hobbsorum J. E. Cooper, 2001 – Rocky River crayfish
- Cambarus hystricosus Cooper & Cooper, 2003
- Cambarus johni Cooper, 2006
- Cambarus nerterius Hobbs, 1964 – Greenbrier cave crayfish
- Cambarus parrishi Hobbs, 1981 – Hiwassee headwater crayfish
- Cambarus reburrus Prins, 1968 – French Broad crayfish
- Cambarus robustus Girard, 1852 – big water crayfish
- Cambarus scotti Hobbs, 1981 – Chatooga crayfish
- Cambarus spicatus Hobbs, 1956
- Cambarus veteranus Faxon, 1914 – Big Sandy crayfish
- Subgenus Tubericambarus Jezerinac, 1993
- Cambarus acanthura Hobbs, 1981
- Cambarus polychromatus Thoma, Jezerinac & Simon, 2005
- Cambarus thomai Jezerinac, 1993 – little brown mudbug
- Subgenus Veticambarus Hobbs, 1969
- Cambarus pristinus Hobbs, 1965 – pristine crayfish
References
- ^ Horton H. Hobbs, Jr. (1974). "A Checklist of the North and Middle American Crayfishes (Decapoda: Astacidae and Cambaridae)" (PDF). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 166: 1–161. http://si-pddr.si.edu/dspace/bitstream/10088/5547/1/SCtZ-0166-Hi_res.pdf.
- ^ James W. Fetzner, Jr. (January 14, 2008). "Genus Cambarus Erichson, 1846". Crayfish Taxon Browser. Carnegie Museum of Natural History. http://iz.carnegiemnh.org/crayfish/NewAstacidea/genus.asp?g=Cambarus. Retrieved March 9, 2010.
- ^ "Cambarus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=97337.
- ^ "Search". IUCN Red List. IUCN. http://www.iucnredlist.org/apps/redlist/search. Retrieved October 7, 2010.
- ^ a b c Jennifer E. Buhay & Keith A. Crandall (2009). "Taxonomic revision of cave crayfish in the genus Cambarus subgenus Aviticambraus (Decapoda: Cambaridae) with descriptions of two new species, C. speleocoopi and C. laconensis, endemic to Alabama, U.S.A." (PDF). Journal of Crustacean Biology 29 (1): 121–134. doi:10.1651/08-3089.1. http://crandalllab.byu.edu/Portals/20/docs/publications/BuhayCrandallJCB09.pdf.
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