Cambarus (Hiaticambarus) speciosus Hobbs 1969

Keith A. Crandall, James W. Fetzner, Jr., and Horton H. Hobbs, Jr.

Containing group: Cambarus (Hiaticambarus)

Types

Holotype, allotype, and morphotype, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C. 146023, 146024, 146025 (male I, female, male II); paratypes, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C.

Type Locality

Talking Rock Creek at State Route 5, Pickens County, Georgia.

Range

Coosawattee River basin in Pickens, Gilmer, and Murray counties, Georgia.

Habitat

Moderately to swiftly flowing streams.

Conservation Status

Category: VU (Vulnerable)
Criteria: B1+2c, D1
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References

Baillie, Jonathan, and Brian Groombridge. 1996. IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals.

Hobbs, H. H. Jr. 1989. An Illustrated Checklist of the American Crayfishes (Decapoda: Astacidae, Cambaridae, and Parastacidae). Smithsonian Institution Press.

Hobbs, Horton H., Jr. 1969. On the Distribution and Phylogeny of the Crayfish Genus Cambarus. In Perry C. Holt, Richard L. Hoffman, and C. Willard Hart, Jr., The Distributional History of the Biota of the Southern Appalachians, Part I: Invertebrates. Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Research Division Monograph, 1: 93-178, figures 1-20.

About This Page

Page constructed by Emily Browne.

Keith A. Crandall
Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, USA

James W. Fetzner, Jr.
Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

Horton H. Hobbs, Jr.
Wittenberg University, Springfield, Ohio, USA

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