Barbicambarus

Barbicambarus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Family: Cambaridae
Genus: Barbicambarus
Hobbs, 1969 [1]
Species

Barbicambarus is a genus of freshwater crayfish found in Tennessee and Kentucky in the United States. It comprises two species:[2]

References

  1. Keith A. Crandall; James W. Fetzner, Jr. & Horton H. Hobbs, Jr. (January 1, 2001). "Barbicambarus Hobbs, 1969". Tree of Life Web Project.
  2. Christopher A. Taylor & Guenter A. Schuster (2010). "Monotypic no more, a description of a new crayfish of the genus Barbicambarus Hobbs, 1969 (Decapoda: Cambaridae) from the Tennessee River drainage using morphology and molecules". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 123 (4): 324–334. doi:10.2988/10-15.1.

Further reading

  • "Whopping crayfish species stayed hidden for decades". Short Sharp Science. New Scientist. January 19, 2011.


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