Procambarus liberorum

Procambarus liberorum
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Family: Cambaridae
Genus: Procambarus
Subgenus: P. (Girardiella)
Species: P. liberorum
Binomial name
Procambarus liberorum
Fitzpatrick, 1978

Procambarus liberorum is a species of crayfish endemic to Arkansas and Oklahoma.

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Distribution

In Arkansas, P. liberorum is found in the Boston Mountains, Ouachita Mountains, and Arkansas Valley, as far east as Lonoke County. It was discovered in Le Flore County, Oklahoma in 2006.[1]

Taxonomic history

External identifiers for Procambarus liberorum
EOL 1037347
ITIS 97590
NCBI 419103

Procambarus liberorum was originally described from three specimens caught by a cat in Bentonville, Arkansas.[2]

The species Procambarus ferrugineum was considered to be an endangered species on the IUCN Red List, but it is now known to be identical to the widespread and secure P. liberorum,[3] which is listed as a species of Least Concern.[4]

References

  1. ^ Henry W. Robinson & Chris T. McAllister (2006). "First record of the Osage burrowing crayfish, Procambarus liberorum Fitzpatrick (Decapoda: Cambaridae), in Oklahoma" (PDF). Proceedings of the Oklahoma Academy of Science 86: 87–88. http://digital.library.okstate.edu/oas/oas_pdf/v86/p87_88.pdf. 
  2. ^ Henry W. Robison & Robert T. Allen (1995). "Procambarus liberorum Fitzpatrick 1978:533". Only in Arkansas: a study of the endemic plants and animals of the state. University of Arkansas Press. pp. 59. ISBN 9781557283269. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=CLdM3P_AdDEC&pg=PA59. 
  3. ^ Keith A. Crandall, Henry W. Robison and Jennifer E. Buhay (2009). "Avoidance of extinction through nonexistence: the use of museum specimens and molecular genetics to determine the taxonomic status of an endangered freshwater crayfish". Conservation Genetics 10 (1): 177–189. doi:10.1007/s10592-008-9546-9. 
  4. ^ G. A. Schuster & C. A. Taylor (2010). "Procambarus liberorum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 3.1. International Union for Conservation of Nature. http://www.iucnredlist.org/apps/redlist/details/153986. Retrieved October 13, 2010. 

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