North American Crayfish Species Described
Since Hobbs' (1989) Checklist

Now Totaling  39  New Species !

Genus Cambarus

	Cambarus (Aviticambarus) veitchorum   Cooper & Cooper 1997a
	Cambarus (Cambarus) angularis   Hobbs & Bouchard 1994
	Cambarus (Cambarus) davidi    Cooper 2000a
	Cambarus (Cambarus) lenati   Cooper 2000b
	Cambarus (Glareocola) williami   Bouchard & Bouchard 1995
	Cambarus (Hiaticambarus) elkensis   Jezerinac & Stocker 1993
	Cambarus (Jugicambarus) subterraneus   Hobbs III 1993
	Cambarus (Puncticambarus) hobbsorum  Cooper 2001
	Cambarus (Jugicambarus) tuckasegee  Cooper & Schofield 2002
	Cambarus (Tubericambarus) thomai   Jezerinac 1993
	Cambarus (Jugicambarus) jezerinaci    Thoma 2000

Genus Distocambarus

	Distocambarus (Fitzcambarus) hunteri   Fitzpatrick and Eversole 1997

Genus Fallicambarus

	Fallicambarus (Creaserinus) gilpini   Hobbs Jr. & Robison 1989
	Fallicambarus (Fallicambarus) petilicarpus   Hobbs Jr. & Robison 1989

Genus Hobbseus

	Hobbseus yalobushensis   Fitzpatrick & Busack 1989

Genus Orconectes

	Orconectes (Crockerinus) burri   Taylor and Sabaj, 1998
	Orconectes (Crockerinus) margorectus   Taylor, 2002
	Orconectes (Gremicambarus)  jonesi   Fitzpatrick 1992
	Orconectes (Hespericambarus) hartfieldi   Fitzpatrick & Suttkus 1992
	Orconectes (Orconectes) pagei   Taylor & Sabaj 1997
	Orconectes (Orconectes) sheltae   Cooper & Cooper 1997b
	Orconectes (Orconectes) stygocaneyi   Hobbs, 2001
	Orconectes (Procericambarus)  carolinensis   Cooper & Cooper 1995
	Orconectes (Procericambarus) cristavarius   Taylor, 2000
	Orconectes (Procericambarus)  durelli   Bouchard & Bouchard 1995
	Orconectes (Procericambarus) ronaldi   Taylor, 2000

Genus Procambarus

	Procambarus (Austrocambarus) catemacoensis   Rojas e. al., 2000
	Procambarus (Austrocambarus)  citlaltepetl   Rojas et al. 1999
	Procambarus (Girardiella) ceruleus  Fitzpartick and Wicksten 1998
	Procambarus (Girardiella) kensleyi  Hobbs Jr. 1990
	Procambarus (Girardiella) nigrocinctus  Hobbs Jr. 1990
	Procambarus (Girardiella) steigmani   Hobbs Jr. 1991
	Procambarus (Lonnbergius) morrisi   Hobbs Jr. & Franz 1991
	Procambarus (Ortmannicus) attiguus  Hobbs Jr. & Franz 1992
	Procambarus (Ortmannicus) braswelli  Cooper 1998
	Procambarus (Ortmannicus) nechesae  Hobbs Jr. 1990
	Procambarus (Ortmannicus) nueces  Hobbs Jr. & Hobbs III 1995
	Procambarus (Ortmannicus) zonangulus  Hobbs Jr. & Hobbs III 1990
	Procambarus (Pennides) vioscai paynei  Fitzpatrick 1990

References

Bouchard, R. W. and J. W. Bouchard. 1995. "Two new species and subgenera
(Cambarus and Orconectes) of crayfishes (Decapoda: Cambaridae) from
the Eastern United States".  Notulae Naturae 471:1-21.

Cooper, J. E. 2002. Cambarus (Jugicambarus) tuckasegee, a new species of crayfish 
(Decapoda: Cambaridae) from the Little Tennessee River basin, North Carolina.
Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 115(2): 371-381.

Cooper, J. E. 2001.  Cambarus (Puncticambarus) hobbsorum, a new crayfish
(Decapoda: Cambaridae) from North Carolina.  Proceedings of the Biological
Society of Washington  114(1): 152-161.

Cooper, J. E. 2000a.  Cambarus (Cambarus) davidi, a new species of crayfish
(Decapoda: Cambaridae) from North Carolina.  Proceedings of the Biological
Society of Washington 113(2): 431-442.

Cooper, J. E. 2000b.  A new species of crayfish of the genus Cambarus, subgenus
Cambarus (Decapoda: Cambaridae), from the Broad River basin of North Carolina.
The Journal of the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society,  116(1): 1-12.

Cooper, J. E.  1998.  A new species of crayfish of the genus Procambarus,
subgenus Ortmannicus (Decapoda:  Cambaridae), from the Waccamaw River basin,
North and South Carolina.  Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington
111(1):81-91.

Cooper, J. E. and M. R. Cooper. 1997a. A new species of troglobitic crayfish 
of the genus Cambarus, subgenus Aviticambarus (Decapoda: 
Cambaridae), endemic to White Spring Cave, Alabama.  Proceedings of the 
Biological Society of Washington 110(4):608-616.

Cooper, J. E. and M. R. Cooper.  1997b.  New troblobitic crayfish of the genus
Orconectes, subgenus Orconectes (Decapoda:  Cambaridae), endemic to Shelta Cave,
Huntsville, Alabama.  Journal of Cave and Karst Studies 59: 119-127.

Cooper, J.E. and M.R. Cooper.  1995. A new species of crayfish of the genus
Orconectes, subgenus Procericambarus (Decapoda: Cambaridae), endemic to the
Neuse and Tar-Pamlico river basins, North Carolina.  Brimleyana  23:65-87.

Fitzpatrick, J. F. Jr. 1990. Procambarus (Pennides) vioscai paynei, a new
subspecies of crawfish from east of the Mississippi River (Decapoda, 
Cambaridae)". American Midland Naturalist 123:259-267.

Fitzpatrick, J. F. Jr. 1992. A new crawfish of the genus Orconectes
from east-central Mississippi and adjacent Alabama (Crustacea: Decapoda:
Cambaridae)".  Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 105(4):
780-787.

Fitzpatrick, J. F. Jr. and C. A. Busack. 1989. "Hobbseus yalobushensis, a new
crawfish from central Mississippi (Decapoda: Cambaridae)".  Proceedings of 
the Biological Society of Washington 102(3):637-643.

Fitzpatrick, J.F. Jr., and A.G. Eversole.  1997.  A new crayfish of the genus
Distocambarus, subgenus Fitzcambarus (Crustacea: Decapoda: Cambaridae)
from South Carolina.  Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington,
110(4): 272-279.

Fitzpatrick, J. F. Jr. and R. D. Suttkus. 1992. "A new crawfish of the
genus Orconectes from the Yazoo River system of Mississippi (Decapoda:
Cambaridae)".  Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 105(1):
70-76.

Fitzpartick, J. F. Jr. and M. K. Wicksten. 1998. A new crawfish of the genus
Procambarus (Crustacea:  Decapoda:  Cambaridae) from central Texas.
Proceeings of the Biological Society of Washington 111(1):146-152.

Hobbs, H.H. Jr., 1989.  An illustrated checklist of the American Crayfishes
(Decapoda: Astacidae, Cambaridae, and Parastacidae).  Smithsonian
Contributions to Zoology, No. 480.236 pp. 

Hobbs, H. H. Jr. 1990. "On the crayfishes (Decapoda: Cambaridae) of the
Neches River basin of eastern Texas with the descriptions of three new
species". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 103(3):573-597.

Hobbs, H. H. Jr. 1991. "Procambarus (Girardiella) steigmani, a new crayfish
(Decapoda: Cambaridae) from a long-grass prairie in northeastern
Texas". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 104(2):309-316.

Hobbs, H. H. III. 1993. "Cambarus (Jugicambarus) subterraneus, A new cave
crayfish (Decapoda: Cambaridae) from northeastern Oklahoma, with a key
to the troglobitic members of the subgenus Jugicambarus".  Proceedings
of the Biological Society of Washington 106(4):719-727.

Hobbs, H. H. III.  2001.  A new cave crayfish of the genus Orconectes, subgenus
Orconectes, from southcentral Missouri, U.S.A., with a key to the stygobitic
species of the genus (Decapoda, Cambaridae).  Crustaceana  74(7): 635-646.

Hobbs, H. H. Jr. and R. W. Bouchard. 1994. "Cambarus (Cambarus) angularis, a new 
crayfish (Decapoda: Cambaridae) from the Tennessee River Basin of northwestern
Tennessee and Virginia".  Jeffersoniana 5:1-13.

Hobbs, H. H. Jr. and R. Franz. 1991. "A new troglobitic crayfish, Procambarus
(Lonnbergius) morrisi, (Decapoda: Cambaridae) from Florida". Proceedings
of the Biological Society of Washington 104(1):55-63.

Hobbs, H. H. Jr. and R. Franz. 1992. "Procambarus (Ortmannicus) attiguus, 
a new troglobitic crayfish (Decapoda: Cambaridae) from the Saint Johns
River basin, Florida". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 
105(2):359-365.

Hobbs, H. H. Jr. and H. H. Hobbs III. 1990. "A new crayfish (Decapoda: 
Cambaridae) from southeastern Texas". Proceedings of the Biological 
Society of Washington 103(3):608-613.

Hobbs, H. H. Jr. and H. H. Hobbs III. 1995. "Procambarus (Ortmannicus)
nueces (Decapoda: Cambaridae), a new crayfish from the Nueces River
Basin, Texas". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington
108(1):54-60.

Hobbs, H. H. Jr. and H. W. Robison. 1989. "On the crayfish genus Fallicambarus
(Decapoda: Cambaridae) in Arkansas, with notes on the Fodiens complex
and descriptions of two new species". Proceedings of the Biological Society 
of Washington 102(3):651-697.

Jezerinac, R. F. 1993. "A new subgenus and species of crayfish (Decapoda:
Cambaridae) of the genus Cambarus, with an amended description of the
subgenus Lacunicambarus". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington
106(3):532-544.

Jezerinac, R. F. and G. W. Stocker. 1993. "A new species of crayfish 
(Decapoda: Cambaridae) belonging to the genus Cambarus, subgenus
Hiaticambarus, from the upper Elk River drainage of West Virginia".
Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 106(2):346-352.

Rojas, Y., F. Alvarez, and J.L. Villalobos.  1999.  A new species of
crayfish of the genus Procambarus (Crustacea: Decapoda: Cambaridae) from
Veracruz, Mexico.  Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.
112(2): 396-404.

Rojas, Y., F. Alvarez, J.L. Villalobos.  2000.  A new species of crayfish (Crustacea: 
Decapoda: Cambaridae) from Lake Catemaco, Veracruz, Mexico.  Proceedings of
the Biological Society of Washington  113(3): 792-798.

Taylor, C.A. 2002.  A new crayfish of the genus Orconectes Cope, 1872 from
the lower Ohio River drainage of western Kentucky (Crustacea: Decapoda:
Cambaridae). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington
115(1):129-137. 2002

Taylor, C.A.  2000. Systematic studies of the Orconectes juvenilis complex
(Decapoda: Cambaridae), with descriptions of two new species.  Journal of
Crustacean Biology, 20(1): 132-152.

Taylor, C. A. and M. H. Sabaj. 1997. "A new crayfish of the genus Orconectes 
from western Tennessee (Decapoda: Cambaridae)".  Proceedings of the 
Biological Society of Washington 110(2):263-271.

Taylor, C.A. and M.H. Sabaj.  1998.  A new crayfish of the genus Orconectes from
the Blood River drainage of western Kentucky and Tennessee (Decapoda: Cambaridae).
Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington  111(3): 645-652. 2 figures.

Thoma, R.  2000.  Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington  113(3):731-738.

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