Cambarus elkensis

Cambarus elkensis
Conservation status
Vulnerable  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Vulnerable  (NatureServe) [2]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Suborder:	Pleocyemata
Family:	Cambaridae
Genus:	Cambarus
Species:	C. elkensis
Binomial name
Cambarus elkensis Jezerinac & Stocker, 1993

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. 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 . Retrieved 13 November 2021.
2. "Cambarus elkensis". NatureServe Explorer An online encyclopedia of life. 7.1. NatureServe. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
3. "Cambarus elkensis". Integrated Taxonomic Information System . Retrieved 2019-04-05.
4. "Cambarus elkensis". Global Biodiversity Information Facility . Retrieved 2019-04-05.

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). Smithsonian Institution Press: 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 . ISSN   1313-2989. PMC   3088040 . 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.