Hobbseus petilus Fitzpatrick 1977

Tombigbee Riverlet Crayfish

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. 147673, 147674, 147675 (male I, female, male II); paratypes, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C., Joe B. Black.

Type Locality

Tributary of Patch Creek (Tombigbee River drainage), 7.4 miles (11.8 km) E of U.S. Highway 45 in Saltillo, on State Route 363, Lee County, Mississippi.

Range

Itawamba, Lee, and Monroe counties, Mississippi.

Habitat

Lentic and sluggish lotic situations.

Conservation Status

Category: VU (Vulnerable)
Criteria: B1+2c
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Other Names for Hobbseus petilus Fitzpatrick 1977

Tombigbee Riverlet Crayfish

References

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

Fitzpatrick, Joseph F., Jr. 1977. A New Crawfish of the Genus Hobbseus from Northeast Mississippi, with Notes on the Origin of the Genus (Decapoda, Cambaridae). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 90(2): 367-374, 1 figure.

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

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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