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Conservation Of Imperiled Crayfish – Distocambarus (fitzcambarus) youngineri Hobbs And Carlson 1985 (Decapoda: Cambaridae)

Conservation Of Imperiled Crayfish – Distocambarus (fitzcambarus) youngineri Hobbs And Carlson... Figure 1 Distocambarus youngineri collected from the type locality and photographed in an aquarium. Introduction Common Name Newberry Burrowing Crayfish ( Taylor et al., 2007 ) Conservation status Endangered ( Taylor et al., 2007 ), critically imperiled in South Carolina and globally (S1, G1; South Carolina Comprehensive Wildlife Conservation Strategy 2005-2010, [SC CWCS] 2005 ). Based on the species' limited distribution (< 20,000 km 2 ) and its observed decline at population sites ( Eversole, 1995a , b , unpublished data) D. youngineri has been classified as vulnerable, VU B1b (i, iv), following IUCN (2001) . Identification The Newberry burrowing crayfish ( Fig. 1 ), Distocambarus youngineri Hobbs and Carlson, 1985 originally occured in two localities in the southwestern part of Newberry County, South Carolina. The genus Distocambarus , elevated to generic level by Hobbs and Carlson (1983) , embraces two species, D. devexus ( Hobbs, 1981 ), and D. crockeri Hobbs and Carlson, 1983 , in the subgenus Distocambarus , and three species, D. carlsoni Hobbs, 1983 , D. youngineri , and D. hunteri Fitzpatrick and Eversole, 1997 , in the subgenus Fitzcambarus . The form I male gonopod shaft of D. youngineri terminates in two elements, http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Crustacean Biology Brill

Conservation Of Imperiled Crayfish – Distocambarus (fitzcambarus) youngineri Hobbs And Carlson 1985 (Decapoda: Cambaridae)

Journal of Crustacean Biology , Volume 30 (1): 151 – Feb 1, 2010

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Brill
Copyright
The Crustacean Society
Subject
Conservation
ISSN
0278-0372
eISSN
1937-240X
DOI
10.1651/09-3154.1
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Abstract

Figure 1 Distocambarus youngineri collected from the type locality and photographed in an aquarium. Introduction Common Name Newberry Burrowing Crayfish ( Taylor et al., 2007 ) Conservation status Endangered ( Taylor et al., 2007 ), critically imperiled in South Carolina and globally (S1, G1; South Carolina Comprehensive Wildlife Conservation Strategy 2005-2010, [SC CWCS] 2005 ). Based on the species' limited distribution (< 20,000 km 2 ) and its observed decline at population sites ( Eversole, 1995a , b , unpublished data) D. youngineri has been classified as vulnerable, VU B1b (i, iv), following IUCN (2001) . Identification The Newberry burrowing crayfish ( Fig. 1 ), Distocambarus youngineri Hobbs and Carlson, 1985 originally occured in two localities in the southwestern part of Newberry County, South Carolina. The genus Distocambarus , elevated to generic level by Hobbs and Carlson (1983) , embraces two species, D. devexus ( Hobbs, 1981 ), and D. crockeri Hobbs and Carlson, 1983 , in the subgenus Distocambarus , and three species, D. carlsoni Hobbs, 1983 , D. youngineri , and D. hunteri Fitzpatrick and Eversole, 1997 , in the subgenus Fitzcambarus . The form I male gonopod shaft of D. youngineri terminates in two elements,

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Journal of Crustacean BiologyBrill

Published: Feb 1, 2010

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