Cambarus subterraneus explained

Cambarus subterraneus, the Delaware County cave crayfish, is a species of crayfish in the family Cambaridae. It has been found only in three caves in Delaware County, Oklahoma.

The IUCN conservation status of Cambarus subterraneus is "CR", critically endangered. The species faces an extremely high risk of extinction in the immediate 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.