Biology:Cambarus scotti

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Short description: Species of crayfish

Cambarus scotti
Chattooga River Crayfish (14174938652).jpg

Vulnerable (NatureServe)[2]
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Family: Cambaridae
Genus: Cambarus
Species:
C. scotti
Binomial name
Cambarus scotti
(Hobbs, 1981)

Cambarus scotti, the Chattooga River crayfish,[2] is a species of crayfish in the family Cambaridae. It is endemic to Alabama and Georgia.[1][2][3][4] The common name refers to the Chattooga River. The original specimens were collected from Clarks Creek in Chattooga County.[5]

The IUCN conservation status of Cambarus scotti is "LC", least concern, with no immediate threat to the species' survival. The IUCN status was reviewed in 2010.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Cordeiro, J.; Jones, T.; Thoma, R.F. (2010). "Cambarus scotti". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010: e.T3703A10031155. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T3703A10031155.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/3703/10031155. Retrieved 13 November 2021. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Cambarus scotti". NatureServe. https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.115192/Cambarus_scotti. Retrieved 28 November 2022. 
  3. "Cambarus scotti Report". https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=97403. 
  4. "Cambarus scotti". https://www.gbif.org/species/2227332. 
  5. Crandall, Keith A; De Grave, Sammy (2017). "An updated classification of the freshwater crayfishes (Decapoda: Astacidea) of the world, with a complete species list". Journal of Crustacean Biology 37 (5): 615–653. doi:10.1093/jcbiol/rux070. 

Further reading

Wikidata ☰ Q2934657 entry