Cambarus deweesae explained

Cambarus deweesae, the valley flame crayfish, is a species of crayfish in the family Cambaridae. It is found in Kentucky and Tennessee.

The IUCN conservation status of Cambarus deweesae is "LC", least concern, with no immediate threat to the species' survival. 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. 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.