Cambarus zophonastes
| Cambarus zophonastes | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Crustacea |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Family: | Cambaridae |
| Genus: | Cambarus |
| Species: | C. zophonastes
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| Binomial name | |
| Cambarus zophonastes Hobbs & Bedinger, 1964
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Cambarus zophonastes is a species of crayfish in the family Cambaridae. It is endemic to the state of Arkansas, and is listed as critically endangered on the IUCN Red List.[1] The crayfish is nicknamed the Hell Creek crayfish. The cave crayfish Cambarus zophonastes is a cave-adapted species that lacks pigment in the body and eyes. This crayfish is known from two caves, Hell Creek Cave and Nesbitt Spring Cave.[2]
References[]
- ^ a b Cordeiro, J.; Thoma, R.F. (2010). "Cambarus zophonastes". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T3678A10012602. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T3678A10012602.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
- ^ G. O. Graening; Michael E. Slay; Arthur V. Brown; Jeffrey B. Koppelman (2006). "Status and distribution of the endangered Benton cave crayfish, Cambarus aculabrum (Decapoda: Cambaridae)" (PDF). . 51 (3): 376–439. doi:10.1894/0038-4909(2006)51[376:SADOTE]2.0.CO;2. JSTOR 20424733.
External links[]
Hell Creek Cave crayfish (Cambarus zophonastes) media from ARKive 
Categories:
- IUCN Red List critically endangered species
- Cambaridae
- Cave crayfish
- Crustaceans of the United States
- Freshwater crustaceans of North America
- Endemic fauna of the United States
- Fauna of the Southeastern United States
- Natural history of Arkansas
- Crustaceans described in 1964
- ESA endangered species
- Crayfish stubs