Variable Crayfish
Cambarus latimanus (LeConte, 1856)

Taxonomy

Description

Diagnostic characters

Ecological class

Stygoxene

Realm

Aquatic

Distribution

Range

Known from four counties across two states.

Continent

North America

Country

United States

States and provinces

Georgia, Tennessee

Counties

Georgia

Chattooga, Dade, Walker

Tennessee

Marion

Conservation and management

IUCN Red List

LC Least Concern

Assessed in 2010.

NatureServe

G5 Secure

National ranks

United States

N5 Secure

Subnational ranks

Georgia

S5 Secure

South Carolina

S4 Apparently Secure

Alabama

S5 Secure

Tennessee

S4 Apparently Secure

Florida

S2 Imperiled

North Carolina

S5 Secure

State and federal status

Not listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act

References

• Faxon, W. 1914. Notes on the crayfishes in the United States National Museum and the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy, with descriptions of new species and subspecies, to which is appended a catalogue of the known species and subspecies. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College 40: 351–427. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/pagethumb/13305306,100,100.
• Holt, P.C. 1973. Branchiobdellids (Annelida: Clitellata) from some eastern North American caves, with descriptions of new species of the genus Cambarincola. International Journal of Speleology 5: 219–256.
• Zigler, K.S., Niemiller, M.L., Stephen, C.D.R., Ayala, B.N., Milne, M.A., Gladstone, N.S., Engel, A.S., Jensen, J.B., Camp, C.D., Ozier, J.C. & Cressler, A. 2020. Biodiversity from caves and other subterranean habitats of Georgia, USA. Journal of Cave and Karst Studies 82: 125–167. doi:10.4311/2019LSC0125

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