Cambarus jonesi
{{Short description|Species of crayfish}}
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| status = VU
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| status2 = G2
| status2_system = TNC
| genus = Cambarus
| species = jonesi
| authority = Hobbs and Barr, 1960
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Cambarus jonesi, the Alabama cave crayfish, is a small, freshwater crayfish endemic to Alabama in the United States. It is an underground species known only from 12 caves.
Distribution
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
Etymology
The name jonesi honors Walter B. Jones.{{Cite Q|Q104204369}}
References
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Category:Endemic fauna of Alabama
Category:Endemic crustaceans of the United States
Category:Freshwater crustaceans of North America
Category:Crustaceans described in 1960
Category:Taxa named by Horton H. Hobbs Jr.
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