Barbicambarus
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| Barbicambarus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Family: | Cambaridae |
| Genus: | Hobbs, 1969 [1] |
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Barbicambarus is a genus of freshwater crayfish found in Tennessee and Kentucky in the United States. It comprises two species:[2]
- Barbicambarus cornutus (Faxon, 1884)
- Barbicambarus simmonsi Taylor & Schuster, 2010
References
- ^ Keith A. Crandall; James W. Fetzner, Jr. & Horton H. Hobbs Jr. (January 1, 2001). "Barbicambarus Hobbs, 1969". Tree of Life Web Project.
- ^ Christopher A. Taylor & Guenter A. Schuster (2010). "Monotypic no more, a description of a new crayfish of the genus Barbicambarus Hobbs, 1969 (Decapoda: Cambaridae) from the Tennessee River drainage using morphology and molecules". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 123 (4): 324–334. doi:10.2988/10-15.1. S2CID 85859723.
Further reading
- "Whopping crayfish species stayed hidden for decades". Short Sharp Science. New Scientist. January 19, 2011.