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Cambarus (Lacunicambarus) diogenes Girard 1852

Keith A. Crandall, James W. Fetzner, Jr., and Horton H. Hobbs, Jr.
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Containing group: Cambarus (Lacunicambarus)

Types

Not known to be extant except for a questionable paratype (female), Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Type Locality

Vicinity of Washington D.C.

Range

Very widespread east of the Rockies and south of the Great Lakes, except peninsular Florida and the Alleghenies; not reported northeast of New Jersey in the East and east of western Pennsylvania in the Mississippi drainage system.

Habitat

Burrows (primary burrower); often found in ponds or streams in the spring season.

Remarks

This is a species complex and needs considerable attention.

Distribution

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Conservation Status

Currently stable; species complex currently under taxonomic investigation.

References

Girard, Charles. 1852. A Revision of the North American Astaci, with Observations on Their Habits and Geographical Distribution. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 6: 87-91.

Hobbs, H. H. Jr. 1989. An Illustrated Checklist of the American Crayfishes (Decapoda: Astacidae, Cambaridae, and Parastacidae). Smithsonian Institution Press.

Taylor, C. A., M. L. Warren, Jr., J. F. Fitzpatrick, Jr., H. H. Hobbs III, R. F. Jezerinac, W. L. Pflieger, and H. W. Robison. 1996. Conservation Status of Crayfishes of the United States and Canada. Fisheries 21:4.

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Cambarus (Lacunicambarus) diogenes
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Keith A. Crandall
Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, USA

James W. Fetzner, Jr.
Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

Horton H. Hobbs, Jr.
Wittenberg University, Springfield, Ohio, USA

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Crandall, Keith A., James W. Fetzner, Jr., and Horton H. Hobbs, Jr. 2001. Cambarus (Lacunicambarus) diogenes Girard 1852. Version 01 January 2001 (under construction). http://tolweb.org/Cambarus_%28Lacunicambarus%29_diogenes/6979/2001.01.01 in The Tree of Life Web Project, http://tolweb.org/

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