Cambarus (Hiaticambarus) coosawattae Hobbs 1981

Keith A. Crandall, James W. Fetzner, Jr., and Horton H. Hobbs, Jr.

Containing group: Cambarus (Hiaticambarus)

Types

Holotype, allotype, and morphotype, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C. 148112,148113,148114 (male I, female, male II); paratypes, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C.

Type Locality

Cartecay River, 6 miles (9.6 km) east southeast of Ellijay, just off Route S1010, near Flint Hill Church, Gilmer County, Georgia.

Range

Known only from the Coosawattee watershed (Coosa River basin) in Gilmer County, Georgia.

Habitat

Streams (primarily riffle areas).

Conservation Status

Category: VU (Vulnerable)
Criteria: B1+2c, D1
Conservation Links:

References

Baillie, Jonathan, and Brian Groombridge. 1996. IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals.

Hobbs, H. H. Jr. 1989. An Illustrated Checklist of the American Crayfishes (Decapoda: Astacidae, Cambaridae, and Parastacidae). Smithsonian Institution Press.

Hobbs, Horton H., Jr. 1981. The Crayfishes of Georgia. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 318: viii + 549 pages, figures 1-262.

About This Page

Page constructed by Emily Browne.

Keith A. Crandall
Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, USA

James W. Fetzner, Jr.
Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

Horton H. Hobbs, Jr.
Wittenberg University, Springfield, Ohio, USA

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