Biology:Cambarus elkensis
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Short description: Species of crayfish
| Cambarus elkensis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Family: | Cambaridae |
| Genus: | Cambarus |
| Species: | C. elkensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Cambarus elkensis Jezerinac & Stocker, 1993
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Cambarus elkensis, the Elk River crayfish, is a species of crayfish in the family Cambaridae. It is endemic to West Virginia[2] in the United States.[3][4]
The IUCN conservation status of Cambarus elkensis is "VU", vulnerable. The species faces a high risk of endangerment in the medium term. The IUCN status was reviewed in 2010.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Cordeiro, J.; Thoma, R.F. (2010). "Cambarus elkensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010: e.T3693A10025586. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T3693A10025586.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/3693/10025586. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Cambarus elkensis". NatureServe. https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.116252/Cambarus_elkensis.
- ↑ "Cambarus elkensis". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=203636.
- ↑ "Cambarus elkensis". Species. GBIF. http://www.gbif.org/species/2227406.
Further reading
- Hobbs, Horton H. Jr. (1989). "An Illustrated Checklist of the American Crayfishes (Decapoda: Astacidae, Cambaridae, and Parastacidae)". Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology (Smithsonian Institution Press) (480): 1–236. doi:10.5479/si.00810282.480. https://repository.si.edu/bitstream/handle/10088/5542/SCtZ-0480-Lo_res.pdf?sequence=2&isAllowed=y.
- 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. ISSN 1313-2989. PMID 21594135.
- Nizinski, Martha S. (2003). "Annotated checklist of decapod crustaceans of Atlantic coastal and continental shelf waters of the United States". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 116 (1): 96–157. ISSN 0006-324X.
Wikidata ☰ Q4479733 entry
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