Cambarus zophonastes

Cambarus zophonastes is a species of crayfish in the family Cambaridae. It is endemic to the state of Arkansas, and is listed as critically endangered on the IUCN Red List.[1] The crayfish is nicknamed the Hell Creek crayfish. The cave crayfish Cambarus zophonastes is a cave-adapted species that lacks pigment in the body and eyes. This crayfish is known from two caves, Hell Creek Cave and Nesbitt Spring Cave.[2]

Cambarus zophonastes
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Subphylum:
Crustacea
Class:
Malacostraca
Order:
Decapoda
Family:
Cambaridae
Genus:
Cambarus
Species:
C. zophonastes
Binomial name
Cambarus zophonastes
Hobbs & Bedinger, 1964

References
  1. J. Cordeiro; R. F. Thoma (2010). "Cambarus zophonastes". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T3678A10012602. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T3678A10012602.en.
  2. G. O. Graening; Michael E. Slay; Arthur V. Brown; Jeffrey B. Koppelman (2006). "Status and distribution of the endangered Benton cave crayfish, Cambarus aculabrum (Decapoda: Cambaridae)" (PDF). The Southwestern Naturalist. 51 (3): 376–439. doi:10.1894/0038-4909(2006)51[376:SADOTE]2.0.CO;2. JSTOR 20424733.

Hell Creek Cave crayfish (Cambarus zophonastes) media from ARKive


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