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Cambarus loughmani

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Cambarus loughmani

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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Family: Cambaridae
Genus: Cambarus
Species:
C. loughmani
Binomial name
Cambarus loughmani
Foltz, Sadecky, Fetzner and Thoma, 2018

Cambarus loughmani, the blue Teays mudbug,[1] is a species of burrowing crayfish endemic to the pre-glacial Teays River Valley in West Virginia.[1] The species was previously considered to be part of the Cambarus dubius complex.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Cambarus loughmani". NatureServe Explorer An online encyclopedia of life. 7.1. NatureServe. Retrieved 29 January 2023.
  2. ^ David A. Foltz; Nichole Sadecky; Greg Myers Jr.; Fetzner, Stuart A.; Welsh, Whitney Stockner; Mael Glon & Roger F. Thoma (2018). "Cambarus loughmani, a new species of crayfish (Decapoda: Cambaridae) endemic to the pre-glacial Teays River Valley in West Virginia, USA". Journal of Natural History. 52 (45–46). USGS Publications Warehouse: 2875–2897. doi:10.1080/00222933.2018.1557271. S2CID 91947200.
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