Cambarus spicatus

Species of crayfish

Cambarus spicatus
Conservation status

Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)[1]

Vulnerable  (NatureServe)[2]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Family: Cambaridae
Genus: Cambarus
Species:
C. spicatus
Binomial name
Cambarus spicatus
(Hobbs, 1956)

Cambarus spicatus, the Broad River spiny crayfish[1] is a species of crayfish in the family Cambaridae. It is endemic to the Carolinas in the United States of America.[2][3][4][1] The common name refers to the Broad River.

References

  1. ^ a b c Eversole, A.G.; Cordeiro, J.; Jones, T. & Thoma, R.F. (2010). "Cambarus spicatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T3705A10032275. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T3705A10032275.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Cambarus spicatus". NatureServe Explorer An online encyclopedia of life. 7.1. NatureServe. Retrieved 28 November 2022.
  3. ^ "Cambarus spicatus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2020-01-23.
  4. ^ "Cambarus spicatus". 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): 1–236. doi:10.5479/si.00810282.480.
  • 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.
Taxon identifiers
Cambarus spicatus


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