Hobbseus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Order: | Decapoda |
Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
Family: | Cambaridae |
Genus: | Hobbseus (Fitzpatrick & Payne, 1968) [1] |
Type species | |
Hobbseus cristatus (Hobbs, 1955) |
Hobbseus is a genus of crayfish in the family Cambaridae. It comprises seven species, six of which are endemic to Mississippi; H. prominens is the only species to range outside Mississippi, being also found in Alabama. [2] [3] Three of the seven species are listed as endangered (EN) on the IUCN Red List, while three are of uncertain status (DD) and one is of least concern (LC).
The Everglades crayfish, sometimes called the Florida crayfish, the blue crayfish, the electric blue crayfish, or the sapphire crayfish, is a species of freshwater crayfish endemic to Florida in the United States. Its natural range is the area east of St. Johns River and all of Florida from Levy County and Marion County southwards, as well as on some of the Florida Keys. It is included on the IUCN Red List as a species of Least Concern. The blue crayfish is frequently kept in a freshwater aquaria. In the wild, this species varies from brown-tan to blue, but an aquarium strain has been selectively bred to achieve a brilliant cobalt blue color.
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, and is listed as Data Deficient on the IUCN Red List.
Cambarus cymatilis, the Conasauga blue burrower is a species of burrowing crayfish in the family Cambaridae. It is native to Tennessee and Georgia in the United States. The common name refers to the Conasauga River.
Cambarus williami, the Brawleys Fork crayfish, is a species of crayfish in the family Cambaridae. It is endemic to Tennessee.
Distocambarus is a genus of burrowing crayfish native to Georgia and South Carolina in the United States. It contains five species:
Creaserinus hortoni, the Hatchie burrowing crayfish, is a species of crayfish in the family Cambaridae. It is found in western Tennessee and northern Mississippi.
Hobbseus attenuatus, the Pearl riverlet crayfish, is a species of crayfish in the family Cambaridae. It is endemic to Mississippi.
Hobbseus cristatus, the Crested Riverlet Crayfish, is a species of crayfish in the family Cambaridae. It is endemic to Mississippi in the United States.
Hobbseus orconectoides, the Oktibbeha riverlet crayfish, is a species of crayfish in the family Cambaridae. It is endemic to Mississippi in the United States.
Hobbseus petilus, the Tombigbee riverlet crayfish, is a species of crayfish in the family Cambaridae. It is endemic to Mississippi in the United States.
Hobbseus valleculus, the Choctaw riverlet crayfish, is a species of crayfish in the family Cambaridae. It is endemic to Mississippi in the United States.
Hobbseus yalobushensis, the Yalobusha Riverlet Crayfish, is a species of crayfish in the family Cambaridae. It is endemic to Mississippi.
Faxonius wrighti, the Hardin crayfish, is a species of crayfish in the family Cambaridae. It is endemic to the United States. The common name refers to Hardin County, Tennessee, where the original specimens were found.
Procambarus cometes, the Mississippi flatwoods crayfish is a species of crayfish in the family Cambaridae. It is endemic to Lowndes County and Oktibbeha County, Mississippi, and is listed as an endangered species on the IUCN Red List.
Procambarus connus, the Carrollton crayfish, is a species of crayfish in the family Cambaridae. It is endemic to the area around Carrollton, in Carroll County, Mississippi. It is listed as Data Deficient on the IUCN Red List.
Procambarus lagniappe, the Lagniappe crayfish, is a species of crayfish in the family Cambaridae. It is endemic to Alabama and Mississippi, and is listed as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List.
Procambarus pogum, the bearded crayfish or bearded red crayfish, is a species of crayfish in the family Cambaridae. It is endemic to the Houlka–Tibbie Creek basin in Chickasaw County and Oktibbeha County, Mississippi, and is listed as Data Deficient on the IUCN Red List, having only been recorded once since its original description.
Fallicambarus is a genus of crayfish in the family Cambaridae from the United States and Canada. It includes 12 species, of which one is on the IUCN Red List as a vulnerable species (VU) and one as an endangered species (EN). The species of this genus are all restricted to three states or fewer, from Texas and Oklahoma east to Florida.
Faxonella creaseri is a species of crayfish, a decapod crustacean in the family Cambaridae. It is one of the four species in the genus Faxonella.
Hobbseus prominens, the Prominence Riverlet Crayfish, is a species of crayfish in the family Cambaridae found in Mississippi and Alabama.