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Cambarus jonesi

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Cambarus jonesi

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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Family: Cambaridae
Genus: Cambarus
Species:
C. jonesi
Binomial name
Cambarus jonesi
Hobbs and Barr, 1960

Cambarus jonesi, the Alabama cave crayfish,[1][2] is a small, freshwater crayfish endemic to Alabama in the United States. It is an underground species known only from 12 caves.

Distribution

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The Alabama cave crayfish is known from cave systems in the Tennessee River basin between Florence and Guntersville. It has been found in Colbert, Limestone, Lauderdale, Madison, and Morgan counties in Alabama. Specimens from Marshall County, formerly thought to be this species, actually represent two distinct species, Cambarus speleocoopi and Cambarus laconensis[1]


Etymology

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The name jonesi honors Walter B. Jones.[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Cordeiro, J.; Crandall, K.A. & Thoma, R.F. (2010). "Cambarus jonesi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T153956A4568740. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T153956A4568740.en. Retrieved 5 February 2023.
  2. ^ a b "Cambarus jonesi". NatureServe Explorer An online encyclopedia of life. 7.1. NatureServe. Retrieved 5 February 2023.
  3. ^ Horton H. Hobbs; Thomas C. Barr (July 1960). "The Origins and Affinities of the Troglobitic Crayfishes of North America (Decapoda, Astacidae). I. The Genus Cambarus". The American Midland Naturalist. 64 (1): 12. doi:10.2307/2422890. ISSN 0003-0031. Wikidata Q104204369.