Cambarus chaugaensis, the Chauga crayfish[2] or Chauga River crayfish,[1] is a species of crayfish in the family Cambaridae. It is endemic to the Carolinas in the United States of America.[1][2][3][4] The common and scientific names refer to the Chauga River of South Carolina, where the first specimens were collected.[5]
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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. chaugaensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Cambarus chaugaensis (Prins & Hobbs, 1969)
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The IUCN conservation status of Cambarus chaugaensis is "LC", least concern, with no immediate threat to the species' survival. This status was last reviewed in 2010.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c d Cordeiro, J.; Eversole, A.G.; Skelton, C.; Thoma, R.F. & Jones, T. (2010). "Cambarus chaugaensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T3689A10019352. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T3689A10019352.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ a b c "Cambarus chaugaensis". NatureServe Explorer An online encyclopedia of life. 7.1. NatureServe. Retrieved 30 November 2022.
- ^ "Cambarus chaugaensis Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2020-01-23.
- ^ "Cambarus chaugaensis". GBIF. Retrieved 2020-01-23.
- ^ 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
edit- 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. Bibcode:2011ZooK...74....1L. 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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