Cambarus howardi

Cambarus howardi
Conservation status
Least Concern  (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. howardi
Binomial name
Cambarus howardi (Hobbs & Hall, 1969)

Cambarus howardi, the Chattahoochee crayfish, ^[2] is a species of crayfish in the family Cambaridae. It is found in North America. ^{[1] [3] [4]} The common name refers to the Chattahoochee River, where the first specimens were collected. ^[5]

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

References

1. Cordeiro, J.; Jones, T. & Thoma, R.F. (2010). "Cambarus howardi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2010 e.T3698A10023904. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T3698A10023904.en . Retrieved 12 November 2021.
2. "Cambarus howardi". NatureServe Explorer An online encyclopedia of life. 7.1. NatureServe. Retrieved 30 November 2022.
3. "Cambarus howardi Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2020-01-23.
4. "Cambarus howardi". GBIF. Retrieved 2020-01-23.
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 .

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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): 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.