Cambarus zophonastes

Cambarus zophonastes
Conservation status
	; Critically Endangered (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Crustacea
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Family:	Cambaridae
Genus:	Cambarus
Species:	C. zophonastes
Binomial name
	Cambarus zophonastes; Hobbs & Bedinger, 1964

Cambarus zophonastes is a species of crayfish in the family Cambaridae. It is endemic to the state of Arkansas, and is listed as critically endangered on the IUCN Red List.^[1] The crayfish is nicknamed the Hell Creek crayfish. The cave crayfish Cambarus zophonastes is a cave-adapted species that lacks pigment in the body and eyes. This crayfish is known from two caves, Hell Creek Cave and Nesbitt Spring Cave.^[2]

References

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^ G. O. Graening, Michael E. Slay, Arthur V. Brown & Jeffrey B. Koppelman (2006). "Status and distribution of the endangered Benton cave crayfish, Cambarus aculabrum (Decapoda: Cambaridae)" (PDF). The Southwestern Naturalist. 51 (3): 376–439. doi:10.1894/0038-4909(2006)51[376:SADOTE]2.0.CO;2. JSTOR 20424733.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

External links

Hell Creek Cave crayfish (Cambarus zophonastes) media from ARKive

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[grae-2] G. O. Graening, Michael E. Slay, Arthur V. Brown & Jeffrey B. Koppelman (2006). "Status and distribution of the endangered Benton cave crayfish, Cambarus aculabrum (Decapoda: Cambaridae)" (PDF). The Southwestern Naturalist. 51 (3): 376–439. doi:10.1894/0038-4909(2006)51[376:SADOTE]2.0.CO;2. JSTOR 20424733.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

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