Hobbseus cristatus Hobbs 1955

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

Containing group: Hobbseus

Types

Holotype, allotype, and morphotype, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C. 96985, 96986, 96987 (male I, female, male II); paratypes, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Department of Zoology, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C., British Museum (Natural History), London, England.

Type Locality

Roadside ditch, 11.3 miles (18.1 km) south of Macon on U.S. Highway 45, Noxubee County, Mississippi.

Range

Tombigbee River basin in Kemper, Lauderdale, Lowndes, and Noxubee counties, Mississippi.

Habitat

Lentic and lotic habitats and burrows (probably secondary burrower).

Conservation Status

Category: VU (Vulnerable)
Criteria: B1+2c
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. 1955. A New Crayfish of the Genus Cambarus from Mississippi. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 68(15): 95-100, figures 1-11.

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. Hobbseus cristatus Hobbs 1955. Version 01 January 2001 (under construction). http://tolweb.org/Hobbseus_cristatus/7106/2001.01.01 in The Tree of Life Web Project, http://tolweb.org/

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