Cambarus bartonii
| Cambarus bartonii | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Crustacea |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Family: | Cambaridae |
| Genus: | Cambarus |
| Species: | C. bartonii |
| Binomial name | |
| Cambarus bartonii (Fabricius, 1798) | |
| Synonyms [1] | |
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Cambarus bartonii is a species of crayfish native to eastern North America, where it is called the common crayfish[1] or Appalachian brook crayfish.[2]
C. bartonii was the first crayfish to be described from North America, when Johan Christian Fabricius published it under the name Astacus Bartonii in his 1798 work Supplementum entomologiae systematicae.[3] The locality where his specimen was captured is not known, but is thought to be near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.[1]
C. bartonii lives in fast–flowing, cool, rocky streams as well as shallow lakes,[4] and is found in the Canadian provinces of Ontario, Quebec and New Brunswick, and in the United States from Maine to Alabama.[2] In the south of its range, C. bartoni is restricted to the Appalachian Mountains and their foothills.[1]
Colouration is usually plain dark brown, although mottling is occasionally seen, as is a saddle-shaped marking.[5]
Several subspecies of C. bartonii have been recognised, but it is unclear how advisable this is, and work is ongoing to determine patterns of infraspecific variation.[6]
Cambarus bartonii is included as a species of Least Concern on the IUCN Red List.[7]
References
- 1 2 3 4 James W. Fetzner, Jr. (December 6, 2006). "Cambarus (Cambarus) bartonii bartonii (Fabricius, 1798)". Crayfish Taxon Browser. Carnegie Museum of Natural History.
- 1 2 "Comprehensive report: Cambarus bartonii - (Fabricius, 1798)". NatureServe Explorer. Retrieved August 20, 2007.
- ↑ Horton H. Hobbs, Jr. (1942). "A generic revision of the crayfishes of the subfamily Cambarinae (Decapoda, Astacidae) with the description of a new genus and species". American Midland Naturalist (The University of Notre Dame) 28 (2): 334–357. doi:10.2307/2420820. JSTOR 2420820.
- ↑ Simone Rose. "The Crayfish". McMaster University. Retrieved August 20, 2007.
- ↑ Aimee H. Fullerton. "Cambarus (Cambarus) bartonii (Fabricius 1798)". The Crayfishes of North Carolina. North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission. Archived from the original on September 28, 2007. Retrieved August 20, 2007.
- ↑ Keith A. Crandall, James W. Fetzner, Jr., & Horton H. Hobbs, Jr. (January 1, 2001). "Cambarus (Cambarus) bartonii carinirostris Hay 1914". Tree of Life Web Project.
- ↑ J. Cordeiro, P. Hamr, C. Skelton & R. F. Thoma (2010). "Cambarus bartonii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved April 14, 2014.