Lacunicambarus acanthura

Lacunicambarus acanthura
Lacunicambarus acanthura, Thornytail Crayfish, Alabama
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Apparently Secure  (NatureServe) [2]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Suborder:	Pleocyemata
Family:	Cambaridae
Genus:	Lacunicambarus
Species:	L. acanthura
Binomial name
Lacunicambarus acanthura (Hobbs, 1981)
Synonyms
Cambarus acanthura

Lacunicambarus acanthura, the thornytail crayfish, is a species of crayfish in the family Cambaridae. It is found in the southeastern United States. ^{[3] [4]}

References

1. Cordeiro, J.; Jones, T.; Skelton, C. & Thoma, R.F. (2010). "Cambarus acanthura". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2010 e.T153818A4549210. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T153818A4549210.en . Retrieved 3 March 2023.
2. "Lacunicambarus acanthura". NatureServe Explorer An online encyclopedia of life. 7.1. NatureServe. Retrieved 2022-01-28.
3. "Lacunicambarus acanthura". GBIF. Retrieved 2021-10-22.
4. 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 .

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.