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Subterranean biodiversity of North America and around the globe
AnimaliaArthropodaCrustaceaMalacostracaDecapodaCambaridaeCambarus

Delaware County Cave Crayfish
Cambarus subterraneus Hobbs III, 1993

Taxonomy

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Arthropoda
Subphylum Crustacea
Class Malacostraca
Order Decapoda
Family Cambaridae
Genus Cambarus
Species Cambarus subterraneus Hobbs III, 1993

Synonyms

Cambarus subterraneus Hobbs, 1993

Description

Diagnostic characters

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

Distribution

Type locality

Twin Cave, Delaware Co. OK

Range

Known from Oklahoma in the Ozarks karst region.

Continent

North America

Country

United States

States and provinces

Oklahoma

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
COI mitochondrial 6 577-612 bp MN984906.1

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

Download all 6 sequence records (CSV) Accession, marker, molecule type, length, GenBank definition and a direct link.

Specimens

Type material

Holotype
USNM 260249 · National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution
Paratype ×5
National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution

Collections holding material

InstitutionLots
National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution 7

7 cataloged lots in 1 collection. 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 7 specimen records (CSV) Institution, catalog number, type status and preparation. No coordinates.

Conservation and management

IUCN Red List

CR Critically Endangered B1ab(iii)+2ab(iii)

EXEWCR▲ENVUNTLC

Assessed in 2010.

NatureServe

G1 Critically Imperiled

G1▲G2G3G4G5

Global rank last reviewed 17 May 2010.

Subnational ranks

Oklahoma
S1 Critically Imperiled

State and federal status

Not listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act

Threats

  • Agriculture - Livestock
  • Pollution - Agricultural & Forestry

Other resources

Catalogue of Life
7RV5L
GBIF
2227342
ITIS
203634
iNaturalist
96616
NCBI Taxonomy
2703750

How to cite this account

Cambarus subterraneus Hobbs III, 1993. Cave Biology Data Portal, account SP-1169. https://cavebiology.org/species/cambarus-subterraneus/ (accessed 3 September 2026).

Data sources and funding are listed in the Acknowledgments.

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