Hobbseus orconectoides

Hobbseus orconectoides, the Oktibbeha riverlet crayfish, is a species of crayfish in the family Cambaridae. It is endemic to Mississippi in the United States.^[3][4][1]

Hobbseus orconectoides
Conservation status
Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Critically Imperiled  (NatureServe)[2]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Suborder:	Pleocyemata
Family:	Cambaridae
Genus:	Hobbseus
Species:	H. orconectoides
Binomial name
Hobbseus orconectoides Fitzpatrick & Payne, 1968

The IUCN conservation status of Hobbseus orconectoides is "EN", endangered. The species faces a high risk of extinction in the near future. The IUCN status was reviewed in 2010.^[1]

References

1. Adams, S.; Cordeiro, J.; Jones, R.L. (2010). "Hobbseus orconectoides". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T10207A3183343. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T10207A3183343.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
2. "Hobbseus orconectoides". NatureServe Explorer An online encyclopedia of life. 7.1. NatureServe. Retrieved 8 February 2023.
3. "Hobbseus orconectoides Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2020-01-25.
4. "Hobbseus orconectoides". GBIF. Retrieved 2020-01-25.

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.
• 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.