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Cambarus setosus

Cambarus setosus, the bristly cave crayfish, is a freshwater crayfish native to Missouri and Arkansas in the United States. It is a cave-dwelling species known from 164 localities with the majority on the Springfield Plateau in southwestern Missouri.

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Cambarus setosus
Vulnerable
Vulnerable (NatureServe)2
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Family: Cambaridae
Genus: Cambarus
Species:
C. setosus
Binomial name
Cambarus setosus
Faxon & Garman, 18893
Synonyms3

Cambarus ayersii Steele, 1902

Cambarus setosus, the bristly cave crayfish,12 is a freshwater crayfish native to Missouri and Arkansas in the United States. It is a cave-dwelling species known from 164 localities with the majority on the Springfield Plateau in southwestern Missouri.1

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References

  1. DiStefano, R.; Thoma, R.F. & Cordeiro, J. (2021) [amended version of 2010 assessment]. "Cambarus setosus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021 e.T153995A198269186. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T153995A198269186.en. Retrieved 8 February 2023.
  2. "Cambarus setosus". NatureServe Explorer An online encyclopedia of life. 7.1. NatureServe. Retrieved 8 February 2023.
  3. Keith A Crandall; Sammy De Grave. (2017). "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. pp. 615–653. doi:10.1093/jcbiol/rux070.