Cambarus scotti
{{Short description|Species of crayfish}}
{{Speciesbox
| image = Chattooga River Crayfish (14174938652).jpg
| status = LC
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| status2 = G3
| status2_system = TNC
| genus = Cambarus
| species = scotti
| authority = (Hobbs, 1981)
}}
Cambarus scotti, the Chattooga River crayfish, is a species of crayfish in the family Cambaridae. It is endemic to Alabama and Georgia. The common name refers to the Chattooga River. The original specimens were collected from Clarks Creek in Chattooga County.{{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 scotti is "LC", least concern, with no immediate threat to the species' survival. The IUCN status was reviewed in 2010.
References
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{{Cite web| title=Cambarus scotti Report
| url=https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=97403
| website=Integrated Taxonomic Information System
| access-date=2020-01-23
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{{Cite web| title=Cambarus scotti
| url=https://www.gbif.org/species/2227332
| 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
}}
- {{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:Crustaceans described in 1981
Category:Freshwater crustaceans of North America
Category:Taxa named by Horton H. Hobbs Jr.
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