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Issue: Vol. 4162 No. 1: 8 Sept. 2016
Type: Article
Published: 2016-09-08
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4162.1.9
Page range: 173–187
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Cambarus (Jugicambarus) adustus, a new species of crayfish from northeastern Kentucky delimited from the Cambarus (J.) aff. dubius species complex 

Midwest Biodiversity Institute, 4673 Northwest Parkway, Hilliard, Ohio, 43026 USA.
Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Section of Invertebrate Zoology, 4400 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213-4080 USA.
Denison University, Biology Department, Granville, Ohio, 43023 USA.
West Liberty University, Department of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, P.O. Box 295, West Liberty, West Virginia, 26074 USA
Crustacea Appalachian Mountains Cambaridae Cambarus crayfish Decapoda new species

Abstract

A new species of burrowing crayfish, Cambarus (Jugicambarus) adustus, is described from Lewis County in northeastern Kentucky, USA. The new species is most similar morphologically to C. dubius. Cambarus adustus coloration differs from C. dubius by lacking red, orange and blue hues, and instead is brown over the entire body surface. Morphological differences between C. dubius and C. adustus exist in the form I male gonopod, with C. adustus possessing a caudal knob, while C. dubius does not. In addition, the lateral carapace of C. adustus is distinctly tuberculate, whereas in C. dubius the carapace lacks extensive tuberculation. Cambarus (J.) adustus appears to have an extremely small geographic range (~19.5 km2), and as such we suggest its consideration for both state and federal levels of protection.

 

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