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Subterranean biodiversity of North America and around the globe
AnimaliaArthropodaCrustaceaMalacostracaDecapodaCambaridaeCambarus

Salem Cave Crayfish
Cambarus hubrichti Hobbs, 1952

Taxonomy

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Arthropoda
Subphylum Crustacea
Class Malacostraca
Order Decapoda
Family Cambaridae
Genus Cambarus
Species Cambarus hubrichti Hobbs, 1952

Description

Diagnostic characters

Ecological class
Stygobiont
Realm
Aquatic
Troglomorphy
Troglomorphic
Maximum body length
95 mm

Distribution

Type locality

Stream in Lewis Cave, Ripley Co. TN

Range

Known from Missouri in the Ozarks karst region.

Continent

North America

Country

United States

States and provinces

Missouri

Counties

County-level records have not been compiled for this taxon. Distribution is recorded at state and karst-region level.

Karst regions

Ozarks

Genetics

Molecular resources

MarkerMoleculeSequences LengthExemplar
28S nuclear 10 342-707 bp MK484701.1
18S nuclear 6 329-392 bp MK484697.1
COI mitochondrial 4 428-683 bp MN984896.1
12S mitochondrial 1 314-314 bp JX514589.1
16S mitochondrial 1 432-432 bp JX514519.1
other unknown 1 904-904 bp AF005385.1

23 sequences, retrieved 23 August 2026. Counts change as sequences are deposited. Search GenBank.

Download all 23 sequence records (CSV) Accession, marker, molecule type, length, GenBank definition and a direct link.

Specimens

Type material

Holotype
USNM 92295 · National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution
Allotype
USNM 92296 · National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution
Paratype
USNM 116909 · National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution

Collections holding material

InstitutionLots
National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution 18
Illinois Natural History Survey 3

21 cataloged lots in 2 collections. Compiled from GBIF and not an exhaustive census: many collections are not yet digitised, and holdings are added continually. Search GBIF for specimen records.

Download all 21 specimen records (CSV) Institution, catalog number, type status and preparation. No coordinates.

Conservation and management

IUCN Red List

DD Data Deficient

EXEWCRENVUNTLC

Assessed in 2010.

NatureServe

G4 Apparently Secure

G1G2G3G4▲G5

Global rank last reviewed 1 July 2009.

Subnational ranks

Missouri
S3 Vulnerable

State and federal status

Not listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act

Threats

  • Urbanization - Residential
  • Urbanization - Comm. & Industrial
  • Pollution - Agricultural & Forestry

Other resources

Catalogue of Life
7RTZK
GBIF
2227353
ITIS
97378
iNaturalist
96576
NCBI Taxonomy
61487

How to cite this account

Cambarus hubrichti Hobbs, 1952. Cave Biology Data Portal, account SP-1161. https://cavebiology.org/species/cambarus-hubrichti/ (accessed 3 September 2026).

Data sources and funding are listed in the Acknowledgments.

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