Cambarus smilax

Cambarus smilax
Not evaluated (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Family: Cambaridae
Genus: Cambarus
Species: C. smilax
Binomial name
Cambarus smilax
Loughman, Simon, and Welch, 2011

Cambarus smilax the Greenbrier crayfish, is a crayfish in the order Decapoda, family Cambaridae, genus Cambarus, subgenus Puncticambarus. It is most closely related to Cambarus robustus. It is endemic to the Greenbrier River watershed in Pocahontas, Greenbrier, and Monroe counties in West Virginia. It gets its name from the Greenbrier River. It was described as a new crayfish species in 2011.[1]

References

  1. Loughman, Zachary J.; Simon, Thomas P.; Welsh, Stuart A. (2 August 2011). "Cambarus (Puncticambarus) smilax, a new species of crayfish (Crustacea: Decapoda: Cambaridae) from the Greenbrier River basin of West Virginia". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 124 (2): 99–111. doi:10.2988/10-09.1.
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