Cambarus scotti, the Chattooga River crayfish,[2] is a species of crayfish in the family Cambaridae. It is endemic to Alabama and Georgia.[1][2][3][4] The common name refers to the Chattooga River. The original specimens were collected from Clarks Creek in Chattooga County.[5]
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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. scotti
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| Cambarus scotti (Hobbs, 1981)
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The IUCN conservation status of Cambarus scotti is "LC", least concern, with no immediate threat to the species' survival. The IUCN status was reviewed in 2010.[1]
References edit
- ^ a b c Cordeiro, J.; Jones, T. & Thoma, R.F. (2010). "Cambarus scotti". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T3703A10031155. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T3703A10031155.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
- ^ a b c "Cambarus scotti". NatureServe Explorer An online encyclopedia of life. 7.1. NatureServe. Retrieved 28 November 2022.
- ^ "Cambarus scotti Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2020-01-23.
- ^ "Cambarus scotti". GBIF. Retrieved 2020-01-23.
- ^ 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 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. 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.