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Cambarus

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Cambarus is a large and diverse genus of North American crayfish. [1]

51 relations: Adult, Algae, Animal, Arthropod, Astacidea, Cambaridae, Cambarus, Cambarus aculabrum, Cambarus asperimanus, Cambarus bartonii, Cambarus chasmodactylus, Cambarus cryptodytes, Cambarus diogenes, Cambarus nerterius, Cambarus pecki, Cambarus robustus, Cambarus smilax, Cambarus zophonastes, Carapace, Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Chitin, Crayfish, Crustacean, Decapod anatomy, Decapoda, Exoskeleton, Food web, Fresh water, Genetic diversity, Genus, Global warming, Gonopod, Horton H. Hobbs Jr., International Union for Conservation of Nature, IUCN Red List, Joseph F. Fitzpatrick Jr., Journal of Crustacean Biology, List of troglobites, Malacostraca, Moulting, New Brunswick, North America, Orconectes, PDF, Procambarus, Rocky Mountains, Smithsonian Contributions and Studies Series, Subgenus, Troglofauna, Wilhelm Ferdinand Erichson, ..., Zootaxa. Expand index (1 more) »

Adult

Biologically, an adult is a human or other organism that has reached sexual maturity.

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Algae

Algae (singular alga) is an informal term for a large, diverse group of photosynthetic organisms that are not necessarily closely related, and is thus polyphyletic.

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Animal

Animals are multicellular eukaryotic organisms that form the biological kingdom Animalia.

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Arthropod

An arthropod (from Greek ἄρθρον arthron, "joint" and πούς pous, "foot") is an invertebrate animal having an exoskeleton (external skeleton), a segmented body, and paired jointed appendages.

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Astacidea

Astacidea is a group of decapod crustaceans including lobsters, crayfish and their close relatives.

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Cambaridae

Cambaridae is the largest of the three families of freshwater crayfish, with over 400 species.

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Cambarus

Cambarus is a large and diverse genus of North American crayfish.

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Cambarus aculabrum

Cambarus aculabrum is a rare species of crayfish known by the common name Benton cave crayfish.

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Cambarus asperimanus

Cambarus asperimanus, the mitten crayfish, is a species of crayfish in the family Cambaridae.

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Cambarus bartonii

Cambarus bartonii is a species of crayfish native to eastern North America, where it is called the common crayfish or Appalachian brook crayfish.

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Cambarus chasmodactylus

Cambarus chasmodactylus, commonly called the New River Crayfish, is a species of crayfish endemic to the New River drainage system.

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Cambarus cryptodytes

Cambarus cryptodytes, the Dougherty Plain cave crayfish or Apalachicola cave crayfish, is a small, freshwater crayfish endemic to Florida and Georgia in the United States.

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Cambarus diogenes

Cambarus diogenes (known as the devil crayfish, chimney crayfish, thunder crawfish or meadow crayfish) is a crayfish that grows to be, not including the claws.

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Cambarus nerterius

Cambarus nerterius is a species of crayfish in the family Cambaridae.

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Cambarus pecki

Cambarus pecki (formerly Procambarus pecki), sometimes called the phantom cave crayfish, is a species of crayfish in the family Cambaridae.

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Cambarus robustus

Cambarus robustus, known generally as the robust crayfish or big water crayfish, is a species of crayfish in the family Cambaridae.

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Cambarus smilax

Cambarus smilax, the Greenbrier crayfish, is a crayfish in the order Decapoda, family Cambaridae, genus Cambarus, subgenus Puncticambarus.

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Cambarus zophonastes

Cambarus zophonastes is a species of crayfish in the family Cambaridae.

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Carapace

A carapace is a dorsal (upper) section of the exoskeleton or shell in a number of animal groups, including arthropods, such as crustaceans and arachnids, as well as vertebrates, such as turtles and tortoises.

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Carnegie Museum of Natural History

Carnegie Museum of Natural History (abbreviated as CMNH) located at 4400 Forbes Avenue in the Oakland neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, was founded by the Pittsburgh-based industrialist Andrew Carnegie in 1896.

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Chitin

Chitin (C8H13O5N)n, a long-chain polymer of ''N''-acetylglucosamine, is a derivative of glucose.

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Crayfish

Crayfish, also known as crawfish, crawdads, crawldads, freshwater lobsters, mountain lobsters, mudbugs or yabbies, are freshwater crustaceans resembling small lobsters, to which they are related; taxonomically, they are members of the superfamilies Astacoidea and Parastacoidea.

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Crustacean

Crustaceans (Crustacea) form a large, diverse arthropod taxon which includes such familiar animals as crabs, lobsters, crayfish, shrimp, krill, woodlice, and barnacles.

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Decapod anatomy

The decapod crustacean, such as a crab, lobster, shrimp or prawn, is made up of 20 body segments grouped into two main body parts, the cephalothorax and the pleon (abdomen).

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Decapoda

The Decapoda or decapods (literally "ten-footed") are an order of crustaceans within the class Malacostraca, including many familiar groups, such as crayfish, crabs, lobsters, prawns, and shrimp.

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Exoskeleton

An exoskeleton (from Greek έξω, éxō "outer" and σκελετός, skeletós "skeleton") is the external skeleton that supports and protects an animal's body, in contrast to the internal skeleton (endoskeleton) of, for example, a human.

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Food web

A food web (or food cycle) is a natural interconnection of food chains and a graphical representation (usually an image) of what-eats-what in an ecological community.

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Fresh water

Fresh water (or freshwater) is any naturally occurring water except seawater and brackish water.

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Genetic diversity

Genetic diversity is the total number of genetic characteristics in the genetic makeup of a species.

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Genus

A genus (genera) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, as well as viruses, in biology.

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Global warming

Global warming, also referred to as climate change, is the observed century-scale rise in the average temperature of the Earth's climate system and its related effects.

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Gonopod

Gonopods are specialized appendages of various arthropods used in reproduction or egg-laying.

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Horton H. Hobbs Jr.

Horton Holcombe Hobbs Jr. (March 29, 1914 – March 22, 1994) was an American taxonomist and carcinologist, specialising in freshwater decapods.

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International Union for Conservation of Nature

The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN; officially International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources) is an international organization working in the field of nature conservation and sustainable use of natural resources.

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IUCN Red List

The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (also known as the IUCN Red List or Red Data List), founded in 1964, has evolved to become the world's most comprehensive inventory of the global conservation status of biological species.

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Joseph F. Fitzpatrick Jr.

Joseph F. Fitzpatrick Jr. (1932 – 11 July 2002 in Mobile, Alabama) was an American carcinologist.

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Journal of Crustacean Biology

The Journal of Crustacean Biology is a quarterly peer-reviewed scientific journal in the field of carcinology (crustacean research).

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List of troglobites

A troglobite (or, formally, troglobiont) is an animal species, or population of a species, strictly bound to underground habitats, such as caves.

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Malacostraca

Malacostraca is the largest of the six classes of crustaceans, containing about 40,000 living species, divided among 16 orders.

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Moulting

In biology, moulting (British English), or molting (American English), also known as sloughing, shedding, or in many invertebrates, ecdysis, is the manner in which an animal routinely casts off a part of its body (often, but not always, an outer layer or covering), either at specific times of the year, or at specific points in its life cycle.

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New Brunswick

New Brunswick (Nouveau-Brunswick; Canadian French pronunciation) is one of three Maritime provinces on the east coast of Canada.

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North America

North America is a continent entirely within the Northern Hemisphere and almost all within the Western Hemisphere; it is also considered by some to be a northern subcontinent of the Americas.

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Orconectes

Orconectes is a genus of freshwater crayfish, native to the eastern United States and Canada.

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PDF

The Portable Document Format (PDF) is a file format developed in the 1990s to present documents, including text formatting and images, in a manner independent of application software, hardware, and operating systems.

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Procambarus

Procambarus is a genus of crayfish in the family Cambaridae, all native to North and Central America.

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Rocky Mountains

The Rocky Mountains, also known as the Rockies, are a major mountain range in western North America.

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Smithsonian Contributions and Studies Series

The Smithsonian Contributions and Studies Series is a collection of serial periodical publications produced by the Smithsonian Institution, detailing advances in various scientific and societal fields to which the Smithsonian Institution has made contributions.

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Subgenus

In biology, a subgenus (plural: subgenera) is a taxonomic rank directly below genus.

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Troglofauna

Troglofauna are small cave-dwelling animals that have adapted to their dark surroundings.

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Wilhelm Ferdinand Erichson

Dr Wilhelm Ferdinand Erichson (26 November 1809 in Stralsund – 18 December 1848 in Berlin) was a trained medical doctor and a German entomologist.

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Zootaxa

Zootaxa is a peer-reviewed scientific mega journal for animal taxonomists.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cambarus

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