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Cambarus speleocoopi

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Species of crayfish

Cambarus speleocoopi
Conservation status

Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)

Imperiled  (NatureServe)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Family: Cambaridae
Genus: Cambarus
Species: C. speleocoopi
Binomial name
Cambarus speleocoopi
Buhay & Crandall, 2009

Cambarus speleocoopi, the Sweet Home Alabama cave crayfish, is a small, freshwater crayfish endemic to Marshall County, Alabama, in the United States. It is an underground species known only from four caves.

Distribution

The Alabama cave crayfish is known from cave systems in the Paint Rock River basin between Mount St. Olive and Cushion.

References

  1. ^ Buhay, J.; Crandall, K.A. & Cordeiro, J. (2010). "Cambarus speleocoopi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T164915A5938003. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T164915A5938003.en. Retrieved 5 February 2023.
  2. ^ "Cambarus speleocoopi". NatureServe Explorer An online encyclopedia of life. 7.1. NatureServe. Retrieved 5 February 2023.
  3. Buhay, Jennifer E.; Crandall, Keith A. (2009). "Taxonomic revision of cave crayfish in the genus Cambarus, subgenus Aviticambarus (Decapoda: Cambaridae) with descriptions of two new species, C. speleocoopi and C. laconensis, endemic to Alabama, U.S.A." Journal of Crustacean Biology. 29: 121–134. doi:10.1651/08-3089.1. S2CID 83813422.
Taxon identifiers
Cambarus speleocoopi
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