Cambarus cymatilis explained

Cambarus cymatilis, the Conasauga blue burrower is a species of burrowing crayfish in the family Cambaridae. It is native to Tennessee and Georgia in the United States. The common name refers to the Conasauga River.

The IUCN conservation status of Cambarus cymatilis is "EN", endangered. The species faces a high risk of extinction in the near future. The IUCN status was reviewed in 2010.

Further reading

• An Illustrated Checklist of the American Crayfishes (Decapoda: Astacidae, Cambaridae, and Parastacidae). 1989. Hobbs . Horton H. Jr.. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 480. 1–236. 10.5479/si.00810282.480.
• Zoogeography, taxonomy, and conservation of West Virginia's Ohio River floodplain crayfishes (Decapoda, Cambaridae). 2011. Loughman . Z.. Simon . T.. ZooKeys. 74. 1–78. 10.3897/zookeys.74.808. 3088040. 21594135. 2011ZooK...74....1L. free.
• Annotated checklist of decapod crustaceans of Atlantic coastal and continental shelf waters of the United States. 2003. Nizinski . Martha S.. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 116. 1. 96–157. 0006-324X.