Cambarellus diminutus

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Cambarellus diminutus
Cambarella diminutus 1.jpg
Status TNC G3.svg
Vulnerable  (NatureServe) [2]
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Family: Cambaridae
Genus: Cambarellus
Subgenus: Pandicambarus
Species:
C. diminutus
Binomial name
Cambarellus diminutus
(Hobbs, 1945)

Cambarellus diminutus is a species of crayfish in the family Cambaridae. It is endemic to the United States. It is native to Mississippi and Alabama, [3] [2] and is listed as Data Deficient on the IUCN Red List. [1]

The Cambarellus diminutus, known as the Least Dwarf Crayfish, is in the subgenus Pandicambarus of the genus Cambarellus, [4] this animal is typically 1–2 cm in size [5] and an omnivore that typically feeds on anything but should be fed a diet of sinking pellet. The Least Dwarf Crayfish is a freshwater animal that can be found from Mississippi, Alabama, and southern Illinois [6] and adaptable to slight changes in water condition, and capable of year-round breeding [5]

References

  1. 1 2 Adams, S. & Jones, R.L. (2010). "Cambarellus diminutus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2010: e.T3670A10010991. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T3670A10010991.en . Retrieved 14 November 2021.
  2. 1 2 "Cambarellus diminutus". NatureServe Explorer. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
  3. "Cambarellus (Pandicambarus) diminutus Hobbs, 1945". The Crayfish and Lobster Taxonomy Browser. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 4 June 2019.
  4. "Cambarellus diminutus". October 2016.
  5. 1 2 "Least Crayfish (Cambarellus Diminutus) Ecological Risk Screening Summary" (PDF). Fws.gov. U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. 30 October 2017.
  6. Pedraza-Lara, C.; Doadrio, I.; Breinholt, J. W.; Crandall, K. A. (2012). "Phylogeny and Evolutionary Patterns in the Dwarf Crayfish Subfamily (Decapoda: Cambarellinae)". PLOS ONE. 7 (11): e48233. Bibcode:2012PLoSO...748233P. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0048233 . PMC   3498282 . PMID   23155379.


Further reading

A Revision of the Dwarf Crawfishes (Cambaridae, Cambarellinae), J. F. Fitzpatrick Jr. [1]


  1. Fitzpatrick, J. F. (2 January 1983). "A Revision of the Dwarf Crawfishes (Cambaridae, Cambarellinae)". Journal of Crustacean Biology. 3 (2): 266–277. Bibcode:1983JCBio...3..266F. doi: 10.2307/1548262 . JSTOR   1548262.