Cambarus elkensis
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Family: | Cambaridae |
| Genus: | Cambarus |
| Species: | C. elkensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Cambarus elkensis Jezerinac & Stocker, 1993
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Cambarus elkensis, the Elk River crayfish, is a species of crayfish in the family Cambaridae. It is found in North America.[2][3][1]
The IUCN conservation status of Cambarus elkensis is "VU", vulnerable. The species faces a high risk of endangerment in the medium term. The IUCN status was reviewed in 2010.[1]
References
- ^ a b c "Cambarus elkensis Red List status". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 2019-04-05.
- ^ "Cambarus elkensis Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-04-05.
- ^ "Cambarus elkensis". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-04-05.
Further reading
- Hobbs, Horton H. Jr. (1989). "An Illustrated Checklist of the American Crayfishes (Decapoda: Astacidae, Cambaridae, and Parastacidae)" (PDF). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology (480). Smithsonian Institution Press.
- Loughman, Z.; Simon, T. (2011). "Zoogeography, taxonomy, and conservation of West Virginia's Ohio River floodplain crayfishes (Decapoda, Cambaridae)". ZooKeys (74). doi:10.3897/zookeys.74.808. ISSN 1313-2989.
- Nizinski, Martha S. (2003). "Annotated checklist of decapod crustaceans of Atlantic coastal and continental shelf waters of the United States". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 116 (1): 96–157. ISSN 0006-324X.
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