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Subterranean biodiversity of North America and around the globe
AnimaliaArthropodaCrustaceaMalacostracaDecapodaCambaridaeCreaserinus

Digger Crayfish
Creaserinus fodiens (Cottle, 1863)

Taxonomy

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Arthropoda
Subphylum Crustacea
Class Malacostraca
Order Decapoda
Family Cambaridae
Genus Creaserinus
Species Creaserinus fodiens (Cottle, 1863)

Description

Diagnostic characters

Ecological class
Accidental

Distribution

Range

Known from one county in Illinois.

Continent

North America

Country

United States

States and provinces

Illinois

Counties

Illinois
Pope

Conservation and management

NatureServe

G5 Secure

G1G2G3G4G5▲

National ranks

Canada
N3 Vulnerable
United States
N5 Secure

Subnational ranks

Ontario
S3 Vulnerable
Tennessee
S5 Secure
South Carolina
S4 Apparently Secure
Florida
SNR Unranked
Arkansas
S4 Apparently Secure
Alabama
S3 Vulnerable
Missouri
S2 Imperiled
Michigan
S4 Apparently Secure
Ohio
S4 Apparently Secure
Virginia
S3 Vulnerable
Louisiana
S5 Secure
West Virginia
S1 Critically Imperiled
Maryland
S4 Apparently Secure
Oklahoma
S2 Imperiled
Kentucky
S4 Apparently Secure
Mississippi
SNR Unranked
Georgia
S3 Vulnerable
Wisconsin
S2 Imperiled
Pennsylvania
S1 Critically Imperiled
North Carolina
S5 Secure
Indiana
S3 Vulnerable
Illinois
S4 Apparently Secure

State and federal status

Not listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act

References

  • Webb, D.W., Taylor, S.J. & Krejca, J.K. 1993. The biological resources of Illinois caves and other subterranean environments. Illinois Natural History Survey, Champaign, Illinois, USA. 143 pp.

How to cite this account

Creaserinus fodiens (Cottle, 1863). Cave Biology Data Portal, account SP-1633. https://cavebiology.org/species/creaserinus-fodiens/ (accessed 7 September 2026).

Data sources and funding are listed in the Acknowledgments.

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