Cambarus howardi explained

Cambarus howardi, the Chattahoochee crayfish, is a species of crayfish in the family Cambaridae. It is found in North America. The common name refers to the Chattahoochee River, where the first specimens were collected.^[1]

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

Notes and References

1. Keith A . Crandall . Sammy . De Grave . 2017 . An updated classification of the freshwater crayfishes (Decapoda: Astacidea) of the world, with a complete species list . Journal of Crustacean Biology . 37 . 5 . 615–653 . 10.1093/jcbiol/rux070. free .