Cambarus loughmani | |
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Unranked (NatureServe) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Order: | Decapoda |
Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
Family: | Cambaridae |
Genus: | Cambarus |
Species: | C. loughmani |
Binomial name | |
Cambarus loughmani Foltz, Sadecky, Fetzner and Thoma, 2018 |
Cambarus loughmani, the blue Teays mudbug, is a species of burrowing crayfish endemic to the pre-glacial Teays River Valley in West Virginia. The species was previously considered to be part of the Cambarus dubius complex.
References
- ^ "Cambarus loughmani". NatureServe Explorer An online encyclopedia of life. 7.1. NatureServe. Retrieved 29 January 2023.
- David A. Foltz; Nichole Sadecky; Greg Myers Jr.; Fetzner, Stuart A.; Welsh, Whitney Stockner; Mael Glon & Roger F. Thoma (2018). "Cambarus loughmani, a new species of crayfish (Decapoda: Cambaridae) endemic to the pre-glacial Teays River Valley in West Virginia, USA". Journal of Natural History. 52 (45–46). USGS Publications Warehouse: 2875–2897. doi:10.1080/00222933.2018.1557271. S2CID 91947200.
External links
- NEW SPECIES FOUND?! Rare Blue Crayfish!
- Media related to Cambarus loughmani at Wikimedia Commons
Taxon identifiers | |
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Cambarus loughmani |
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