Cambarus appalachiensis
Loughman, Welsh and Thoma, 2017
Conhaway Crayfish
Identity
Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.1013215
Element CodeICMAL07B80
Record TypeSPECIES
ClassificationSpecies
Classification StatusStandard
Name CategoryInvertebrate Animal
Endemicendemic to a single nation
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumArthropoda
ClassMalacostraca
OrderDecapoda
FamilyCambaridae
GenusCambarus
Concept ReferenceLoughman, Z.J., S.A. Welsh and R.F. Thoma. 2017. Cambarus (C.) appalachiensis, a new species of crayfish (Decapoda: Cambaridae) from the New River Basin of Virginia and West Virginia, USA. Zootaxa, 4243(3): 432-454.
Taxonomic CommentsPopulations of C. sciotensis in New River upstream of Kanawha Falls in Virginia and West Virginia are now recognized as C. appalachiensis (Loughman et al. 2017).
Conservation Status
Range Extent5000-200,000 square km (about 2000-80,000 square miles)
Number of Occurrences21 - 300
Range Extent CommentsThis species occurs in West Virginia and Virginia, ranging from the upper New River watershed in the middle New River basin in Virginia and West Virginia, and the lower New, Upper Kanawha, Gauley and Greenbrier river basins in West Virginia (Loughman et al. 2017).
Occurrences CommentsIt is the dominant tertiary burrower in the middle New River basin. (Loughman et al. 2017).
Ecology & Habitat
Habitat
In the Upper and Middle New River, it is found in in larger ordered streams. In the Gauley River mainstem, it occurs in all stream orders from small headwater systems; also in myriad of gradients, from slack water eddies and slow runs, to rapids and high gradient step-pool streams. Throughout its range, it occurs in streams with substrates of mixed cobble and gravels with isolated large boulders and slabs (Loughman et al. 2017).
Other Nations (1)
United StatesNNR
| Province | Rank | Native |
|---|
| Virginia | S3 | Yes |
| West Virginia | S4 | Yes |
References (2)
- Crandall, K. A., and S. De Grave. 2017. An updated classification of the freshwater crayfishes (Decapoda: Astacidea) of the world, with a complete species list. Journal of Crustacean Biology 37(5):615-653.
- Loughman, Z.J., S.A. Welsh and R.F. Thoma. 2017. <i>Cambarus</i> (<i>C</i>.) <i>appalachiensis</i>, a new species of crayfish (Decapoda: Cambaridae) from the New River Basin of Virginia and West Virginia, USA. Zootaxa, 4243(3): 432-454.