Cambarellus
| Cambarellus | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Cambarellus patzcuarensis | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Crustacea |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Family: | Cambaridae |
| Genus: | Cambarellus Ortmann, 1905 [1] |
| Type species | |
| Cambarus montezumae Saussure, 1857 | |
Cambarellus is a genus of small freshwater crayfish in the family Cambaridae. The 17 species are found in Mexico and the Gulf States of the United States. Among the Mexican species, three (C. areolatus, C. patzcuarensis and C. prolixus) are considered seriously threatened by the IUCN and C. alvarezi is already extinct. C. chihuahuae was also believed to be extinct until rediscovered in 2012.[2] An orange form of C. patzcuarensis is regularly seen in the freshwater aquarium trade. The genus contains the following species:[3]
- Subgenus Cambarellus
- Cambarellus alvarezi
- Cambarellus areolatus
- Cambarellus chapalanus
- Cambarellus chihuahuae
- Cambarellus montezumae
- Cambarellus occidentalis
- Cambarellus patzcuarensis
- Cambarellus prolixus
- Cambarellus zempoalensis
- Subgenus Dirigicambarus
- Subgenus Pandicambarus
- Cambarellus blacki
- Cambarellus diminutus
- Cambarellus lesliei
- Cambarellus ninae
- Cambarellus puer
- Cambarellus schmitti
- Cambarellus texanus
References
- ↑ "Cambarellus Ortmann, 1905". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved June 13, 2011.
- ↑ Carson, et al. (2015). The rediscovery and precarious status of the Chihuahua dwarf crayfish Cambarellus chihuahuae. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Southwestern Biology 12: 1-7.
- ↑ James W. Fetzner, Jr. (January 14, 2008). "Cambarellus Ortmann, 1905". Crayfish Taxon Browser. Carnegie Museum of Natural History.
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