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Cambarus (Cambarus) bartonii bartonii Fabricius 1798

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

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Containing group: Cambarus (Cambarus)

Type

Type, Universitets Zoolgiske Museum, Krystalgade, Kobenhavn O, Denmark (male II).

Type Locality

North America; "probably neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pa." (Faxon, 1914:423).

Range

New Brunswick, Canada, to northern Georgia, and eastern parts of Kentucky and Tennessee to the Atlantic Ocean; restricted to the mountains and foothills in South Carolina and Georgia.

Habitat

Mostly lotic habitats, but occasionally frequenting ponds and often burrowing along streams and in seepage areas.

Distribution

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Conservation Status

Currently stable.

References

Fabricius, Johann C. 1798. Supplementum entomologial systematical. 572 pages. Hafniae: Proft et Storch.

Faxon, Walter. 1914. Notes on the Crayfishes in the United States National Museum and the Museum of Comparative Zoology with Descriptions of New Species and Subspecies to Which is Appended a Catalogue of the Known Species and Subspecies. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College, 40(8): 351-427, 13 plates.

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

Taylor, C. A., M. L. Warren, Jr., J. F. Fitzpatrick, Jr., H. H. Hobbs III, R. F. Jezerinac, W. L. Pflieger, and H. W. Robison. 1996. Conservation Status of Crayfishes of the United States and Canada. Fisheries 21:4.

Title Illustrations

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Cambarus (Cambarus) bartonii.
Photo copyright © 1998 Keith A. Crandall

Copyright	© Keith A. Crandall

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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Crandall, Keith A., James W. Fetzner, Jr., and Horton H. Hobbs, Jr. 2001. Cambarus (Cambarus) bartonii bartonii Fabricius 1798. Version 01 January 2001 (under construction). http://tolweb.org/Cambarus_%28Cambarus%29_bartonii_bartonii/6821/2001.01.01 in The Tree of Life Web Project, http://tolweb.org/

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