Bouchardina is a genus of North American crayfish, containing a single species, Bouchardina robisoni, commonly known as Bayou Bodcau crayfish which is named after Henry W. Robison, one of the scientists who found it.[3] It can be found in the bayou basins of southwestern Arkansas, United States. It is not considered to be significantly threatened as its habitat has low human disturbance; it is listed as data deficient on the IUCN Red List,[1] S1 (critically imperiled) by the Nature Conservancy[4] and by NatureServe as G2 (imperiled)[2] and by the American Fisheries Society as vulnerable.

Bouchardina

Imperiled  (NatureServe)[2]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Family: Cambaridae
Genus: Bouchardina
Hobbs, 1977
Species:
B. robisoni
Binomial name
Bouchardina robisoni
Hobbs, 1977

In 2010, research by scientists suggested changing the IUCN status to threatened as it was only known from four counties (Lafayette, Hempstead, Nevada and Columbia County, Arkansas)[5] and only a few specimens had been collected since 1977.[4]

References

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  1. ^ a b Cordeiro, J. (2010). "Bouchardina robisoni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T154024A4578252. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T154024A4578252.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Bouchardina robisoni". NatureServe Explorer An online encyclopedia of life. 7.1. NatureServe. Retrieved 30 November 2022.
  3. ^ Keith A. Crandall; James W. Fetzner Jr. & Horton H. Hobbs Jr. (January 1, 2001). "Bouchardina". Tree of Life Web Project.
  4. ^ a b Issues in Biological, Biochemical, and Evolutionary Sciences Research (2011 ed.). ScholarlyEditions. 2012. ISBN 978-1464963704. Retrieved June 7, 2015.
  5. ^ Henry W. Robison; Robert T. Allen (1995). Only in Arkansas: A Study of the Endemic Plants and Animals of the State. University of Arkansas Press. p. 48. ISBN 1557283265. Retrieved June 7, 2015.