Cambarus cymatilis, the Conasauga blue burrower[2] is a species of burrowing crayfish in the family Cambaridae. It is native to Tennessee and Georgia in the United States.[4][3][1] The common name refers to the Conasauga River.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Family: | Cambaridae |
| Genus: | Cambarus |
| Species: | C. cymatilis
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| Cambarus cymatilis | |
The IUCN conservation status of Cambarus cymatilis is "EN", endangered. The species faces a high risk of extinction in the near future. The IUCN status was reviewed in 2010.[1]
References edit
- ^ a b c Cordeiro, J.; Thoma, R.F. & Skelton, C. (2010). "Cambarus cymatilis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T3692A10024504. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T3692A10024504.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ a b "Cambarus cymatilis". NatureServe Explorer An online encyclopedia of life. 7.1. NatureServe. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
- ^ a b "Cambarus cymatilis". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 2023-02-27.
- ^ "Cambarus cymatilis Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2020-01-23.
Further reading edit
- 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.