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  Cambarus (Lacunicambarus) diogenes   Girard, 1852
Devil crayfish

Cambarus
Photo Credit:  1998 by Keith A. Crandall*

Containing clade(s):   Lacunicambarus


 

 Historical Account. --

Astacus fossor Rafinesque, 1817:42. {Name suppressed by International Commission, Opinion 522. (See Hemming, 1958.)].

Cambarus diogenes Girard, 1852:88. --Huner, 1977:11. --Page, 1985b:434, figs. 167-170. --Pflieger, 1987a:23; 1987b:7

Cambarus nebrascensis Girard, 1952:91. [Location of types (if extant) unknown. Type locality: Fort Pierre, Nebraska (now in Stanley County, South Dakota).]

Cambarus Nebrascensis. --Hagen, 1870:8

Cambarus Diogenes. --Hagen, 1870:6.

Cambarus fossor. --Hagen, 1870:8.

Cambarus obesus Hagen, 1870:81, pl. 1: figs. 39-42, pl. 3: fig. 163, pl. 9 [Syntypes: MCZ 195 (2male I, 1 female), 165 (female), 3361 (male I), 229 (male I), 3363 (male); MHNP (2 dry); St. Petersburg Mus. (= ZIAS), (female) not extant. Type locality: Lawn Ridge, Illinois.]

Cambarus Diogenenes. --Abbott, 1873:83 [erroneous spelling].

Cambarus Diogenes Diogenes. --Faxon, 1884:144 [by implication].

Cambarus diogenes diogenes. --Hay, 1899b:959 [by implication]. --Marlow, 1960:229.

S[ambarus] diogenes. --Steele, 1902:11 [erroneous spelling].

Cambarus (Bartonius) diogenes. --Ortmann, 1905c:120; 1960b:402, pl. A: fig. 3, pl. 39: fig 11, pl. 40: figs. 6,7.

Bartonius diogenes. --Williamson, 1907:749 {Bartonius intended as a subgeneric name].

Cambarus (Cambarus) diogenes. --Fowler, 1912:341.

Cambarus (Lacunicambarus) diogenes diogenes. --Hobbs, 1969b:110, figs. 2c, 11, 13i, 14i, 20a; 1974b:20, fig. 69.

Cambarus (Lacunacambarus) diogenes diogenes. --Bouchard, 1972b:103 [erroneous spelling].

Cambarus (Lacunicambarus) diogenes Diogenes. --Hobbs III, Thorp, and Anderson, 1976:5 [lapsus calami].

Cambarus Diogenes diogenes. --Phillips, 1981:17 [lapsus calami].

Cambarus (Depressicambarus) diogenes. --hobbs, 1986:16 [lapsus calami]. 

Original Description -Proc. Acad, Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 6:97-91
Types. --  Click for an Explanation of Institutional Acronyms !
Not known to be extant except for a questionable paratype (female), ANSP.
Type Locality.--
Vicinity of Washington, D.C.
Range.--
Very widespread east of the Rockies and south of the Great Lakes, except peninsular Florida and the Alleghenies; not reported northeast of New Jersey in the East and east of western Pennsylvania in the Mississippi drainage system.
DISTRIBUTION*: , AR, LA, MS, TN, TX
Habitat.--
Burrows (primary burrower); often found in ponds or streams in the spring season.
Remarks.--
  This is a species complex and needs considerable attention. 
Map of Distribution:

 

* Distribution Information
Countries or states in parentheses have special codes attached.
Below is a key to these codes.

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Code Meaning
I Known introduction.
Q Of questionable occurrence.
R Restricted distribution.
S Suspected introduction.
Y Introduced, but success of introduction questionable.
Z Found in surrounding countries (or states), but not yet discovered in this country (or state).
? Species has an unspecified locality.

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Reference

Status

Taylor et al. (1996): CS
Global Rank: G5
IUCN Status: NA
Federal Status: NA
State Status: NA
ELCode: ICMAL07160

NA = no listing information, or information is not available.

 

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Cambarus (Lacunicambarus) diogenes   Photo Copyright ©1998 by Keith A. Crandall


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