Cambarus monongalensis
| Cambarus monongalensis | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Family: | Cambaridae |
| Genus: | Cambarus |
| Species: | C. monongalensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Cambarus monongalensis Ortmann, 1905 | |
Cambarus monongalensis, the blue crayfish[2] or Monongahela crayfish,[1] is a species of burrowing crayfish native to Pennsylvania and West Virginia.[2][3][4] It has also been found recently in Ohio.[5] The common name refers to the Monongahela River, with the first specimens being collected from Edgewood Park, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.[6] It is included on the IUCN Red List as a species of Least Concern.[1]
In 2019, a geographically distinct mountain population formerly assigned to C. monongalensis was described as the separate species Cambarus fetzneri on the basis of genetic and morphological differences.[7]
It should not be confused with Procambarus alleni, also known as the blue crayfish, which is endemic to Florida and a popular aquarium crustacean.
References
- 1 2 3 Cordeiro, J.; Jones, T. & Thoma, R.F. (2010). "Cambarus monongalensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010 e.T153730A4537504. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T153730A4537504.en. Retrieved 29 January 2023.
- 1 2 3 "Cambarus monongalensis". NatureServe Explorer An online encyclopedia of life. 7.1. NatureServe. Retrieved 29 January 2023.
- ↑ Loughman, Lieb, Scott, Dillard & Sadecky (2017). Historical and current distribution of Appalachian primary burrowing crayfishes (Decapoda: Astacoidea: Cambaridae) in western Pennsylvania: a century of change or stasis? Journal of Crustacean Biology 37(5):1-9.
- ↑ Foltz II, Damis, Sadecky, Cyprych & Loughman (2016). The crayfish of Tomlinson Run State Park, Hancock County, West Virginia, USA. Freshwater Crayfish 2016: 1–8.
- ↑ Mael G. Glon; Laura S. Hughes; Heather E. Glon; Kelly M. Capuzzi; Zachary J. Loughman & Roger F. Thoma (2020-09-17). "First Record of the Blue Crawfish, Cambarus monongalensis Ortmann, 1905 (Decapoda: Cambaridae), from Ohio, USA". The Ohio Journal of Science. 120 (2): 57. doi:10.18061/ojs.v120i2.7693. S2CID 224824806.
- ↑ Keith A Crandall; Sammy De Grave. "An updated classification of the freshwater crayfishes (Decapoda: Astacidea) of the world, with a complete species list". The Crayfish and Lobster Taxonomy Browser. Oxford University Press.
- ↑ Loughman, Z. J.; Welsh, S. A.; Thoma, R. F. (2019). "Cambarus fetzneri sp. nov., a new species of burrowing crayfish (Decapoda: Cambaridae) from the Allegheny Mountains of Virginia and West Virginia, USA". Zootaxa. 4651 (1). Magnolia Press: 38–50.
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