Cambarus chaugaensis

Cambarus chaugaensis, the Chauga crayfish^[2] or Chauga River crayfish,^[1] is a species of crayfish in the family Cambaridae. It is endemic to the Carolinas in the United States of America.^[1][2][3][4] The common and scientific names refer to the Chauga River of South Carolina, where the first specimens were collected.^[5]

Cambarus chaugaensis
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Imperiled  (NatureServe)[2]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Suborder:	Pleocyemata
Family:	Cambaridae
Genus:	Cambarus
Species:	C. chaugaensis
Binomial name
Cambarus chaugaensis (Prins & Hobbs, 1969)

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

References

1. Cordeiro, J.; Eversole, A.G.; Skelton, C.; Thoma, R.F. & Jones, T. (2010). "Cambarus chaugaensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T3689A10019352. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T3689A10019352.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
2. "Cambarus chaugaensis". NatureServe Explorer An online encyclopedia of life. 7.1. NatureServe. Retrieved 30 November 2022.
3. "Cambarus chaugaensis Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2020-01-23.
4. "Cambarus chaugaensis". 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.

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.