Cambarus monongalensis

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Cambarus monongalensis
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Apparently Secure  (NatureServe) [2]
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Family: Cambaridae
Genus: Cambarus
Species:
C. monongalensis
Binomial name
Cambarus monongalensis
Ortmann, 1905

Cambarus monongalensis, the blue crayfish [2] or Monongahela crayfish, [1] is a species of burrowing crayfish native to Pennsylvania and West Virginia. [2] [3] [4] It has also been found recently in Ohio. [5] The common name refers to the Monongahela River, with the first specimens being collected from Edgewood Park, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. [6] It is included on the IUCN Red List as a species of Least Concern. [1]

It should not be confused with Procambarus alleni , also known as the blue crayfish, which is endemic to Florida and a popular aquarium crustacean.

References

  1. 1 2 3 Cordeiro, J.; Jones, T. & Thoma, R.F. (2010). "Cambarus monongalensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2010 e.T153730A4537504. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T153730A4537504.en . Retrieved 29 January 2023.
  2. 1 2 3 "Cambarus monongalensis". NatureServe Explorer An online encyclopedia of life. 7.1. NatureServe. Retrieved 29 January 2023.
  3. ↑ Loughman, Lieb, Scott, Dillard & Sadecky (2017). Historical and current distribution of Appalachian primary burrowing crayfishes (Decapoda: Astacoidea: Cambaridae) in western Pennsylvania: a century of change or stasis? Journal of Crustacean Biology 37(5):1-9.
  4. ↑ Foltz II, Damis, Sadecky, Cyprych & Loughman (2016). The crayfish of Tomlinson Run State Park, Hancock County, West Virginia, USA. Freshwater Crayfish 2016: 1–8.
  5. ↑ Mael G. Glon; Laura S. Hughes; Heather E. Glon; Kelly M. Capuzzi; Zachary J. Loughman & Roger F. Thoma (2020-09-17). "First Record of the Blue Crawfish, Cambarus monongalensis Ortmann, 1905 (Decapoda: Cambaridae), from Ohio, USA". The Ohio Journal of Science. 120 (2): 57. doi: 10.18061/ojs.v120i2.7693 . S2CID   224824806.
  6. ↑ Keith A Crandall; Sammy De Grave. "An updated classification of the freshwater crayfishes (Decapoda: Astacidea) of the world, with a complete species list". The Crayfish and Lobster Taxonomy Browser. Oxford University Press.


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