Cambarus carinirostris

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| image = Cambaruscarinirostris.jpg

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref={{cite iucn |author=Cordeiro, J.|author2= Jones, T. |author3= Thoma, R.F. |name-list-style=amp |year=2010|title= Cambarus carinirostris |page= e.T153967A16818055 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T153967A16818055.en|access-date=2 December 2022}}

| status2 = G5

| status2_system = TNC

| status2_ref={{cite web |title=Cambarus carinirostris |url=https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.117847/Cambarus_carinirostris |website=NatureServe Explorer An online encyclopedia of life |version=7.1|publisher=NatureServe|accessdate=28 November 2022}}

| genus = Cambarus

| species = carinirostris

| authority = (Faxon, 1914)

| synonyms = Cambarus bartonii carinirostris (Hay, 1914)

}}

Cambarus carinirostris, the rock crayfish, is a species of crayfish in the family Cambaridae. It is found in the mid-Atlantic region of the United States.{{Cite web| title=ITIS Standard Report Page: Cambarus carinirostris | url=https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=677528#null | website=Integrated Taxonomic Information System | access-date=22 December 2020}}{{Cite web | title=Cambarus carinirostris | url=https://www.gbif.org/species/2227399 | website=GBIF | access-date=22 December 2020}}

Taxonomy

Cambarus carinirostris was long considered a subspecies of C. bartonii until its elevation to species level in 1995.

Description

Cambarus carinirostris is moderate sized, with a mean total carapace length of {{convert|29.1|mm|in}} reported. Dorsally, it is brown or beige, with crimson borders on the abdominal terga. while the ventral surfaces and pereiopods are cream or white in color. The chelae are olive or brown, with cream or yellow propodal tubercles.{{cite journal |last1=Loughman |first1=Zachary J. |last2=Simon |first2=Thomas P. |title=Zoogeography, taxonomy, and conservation of West Virginia's Ohio River floodplain crayfishes (Decapoda, Cambaridae) |journal=ZooKeys |date=6 January 2011 |issue=74 |pages=1–78 |doi=10.3897/zookeys.74.808|pmid=21594135 |pmc=3088040 |doi-access=free}}

Habitat and distribution

Cambarus carinirostris is native to the Monongahela, Ohio, and Allegheny River systems, and can be found from New York to eastern Ohio and central West Virginia. Within this range, it primarily inhabits headwater streams, where it occupies open spaces under benthic debris such as boulders. The rock crayfish is also a prolific secondary burrower, commonly constructing shallow burrows in the soft substrate on the banks of streams.

References

Category:Cambaridae

Category:Crustaceans described in 1914

Category:Taxa named by Walter Faxon