Cambarus smilax
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| Cambarus smilax Loughman, Simon, and Welch, 2011
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Cambarus smilax, the Greenbrier crayfish, is a crayfish in the order Decapoda, family Cambaridae, genus Cambarus, subgenus Puncticambarus. It is most closely related to Cambarus robustus. It is endemic to the Greenbrier River watershed in Pocahontas, Greenbrier, and Monroe counties in West Virginia. It gets its name from the Greenbrier River. It was described as a new crayfish species in 2011.[1]
References
- ^ Loughman, Zachary J.; Simon, Thomas P.; Welsh, Stuart A. (2 August 2011). "Cambarus (Puncticambarus) smilax, a new species of crayfish (Crustacea: Decapoda: Cambaridae) from the Greenbrier River basin of West Virginia". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 124 (2): 99–111. doi:10.2988/10-09.1.