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Cambarus chaugaensis

{{Short description|Species of crayfish}}

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| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Cordeiro, J. |author2=Eversole, A.G. |author3=Skelton, C. |author4=Thoma, R.F. |author5=Jones, T. |name-list-style=amp |year=2010 |title=Cambarus chaugaensis |page=e.T3689A10019352 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T3689A10019352.en |access-date=12 November 2021}}

| status2 = G2

| status2_system = TNC

| status2_ref={{cite web |title=Cambarus chaugaensis |url=https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.111670/Cambarus_chaugaensis |website=NatureServe Explorer An online encyclopedia of life |version=7.1|publisher=NatureServe|accessdate=30 November 2022}}

| genus = Cambarus

| species = chaugaensis

| authority = (Prins & Hobbs, 1969)

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Cambarus chaugaensis, the Chauga crayfish or Chauga River crayfish, is a species of crayfish in the family Cambaridae. It is endemic to the Carolinas in the United States of America. The common and scientific names refer to the Chauga River of South Carolina, where the first specimens were collected.{{Cite journal |first1=Keith A |last1=Crandall |first2=Sammy |last2=De Grave |date=2017 |title=An updated classification of the freshwater crayfishes (Decapoda: Astacidea) of the world, with a complete species list |journal=Journal of Crustacean Biology |volume=37 |issue=5 |pages=615–653 |doi=10.1093/jcbiol/rux070|doi-access=free }}

The IUCN conservation status of Cambarus chaugaensis is "LC", least concern, with no immediate threat to the species' survival. This status was last reviewed in 2010.

References

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{{Cite web| title=Cambarus chaugaensis Report

| url=https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=97352

| website=Integrated Taxonomic Information System

| access-date=2020-01-23

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{{Cite web| title=Cambarus chaugaensis

| url=https://www.gbif.org/species/2227328

| website=GBIF

| access-date=2020-01-23

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Further reading

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  • {{Cite journal

| title = An Illustrated Checklist of the American Crayfishes (Decapoda: Astacidae, Cambaridae, and Parastacidae)

| date = 1989

| last1 = Hobbs | first1 = Horton H. Jr.

| journal = Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology

| issue = 480

| pages = 1–236

| doi = 10.5479/si.00810282.480

| url = https://repository.si.edu/bitstream/handle/10088/5542/SCtZ-0480-Lo_res.pdf?sequence=2&isAllowed=y

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  • {{Cite journal

| title = Zoogeography, taxonomy, and conservation of West Virginia's Ohio River floodplain crayfishes (Decapoda, Cambaridae)

| date = 2011

| last1 = Loughman | first1 = Z.

| last2 = Simon | first2 = T.

| journal = ZooKeys

| issue = 74| pages = 1–78

| doi = 10.3897/zookeys.74.808

| pmc=3088040

| pmid=21594135

| doi-access = free

| bibcode = 2011ZooK...74....1L

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  • {{Cite journal

| title = Annotated checklist of decapod crustaceans of Atlantic coastal and continental shelf waters of the United States

| date = 2003

| last1 = Nizinski | first1 = Martha S.

| journal = Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

| volume = 116| issue = 1| pages = 96–157

| issn = 0006-324X

| url = https://research.nhm.org/pdfs/12091/12091.pdf

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Category:Cambaridae

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Category:Crustaceans described in 1969

Category:Freshwater crustaceans of North America

Category:Taxa named by Horton H. Hobbs Jr.

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