Procambarus brazoriensis

• Overview
• Interesting Facts
• Common Names
• Description
• Taxonomy
• Similar Species
• More Info
• Further Reading
• Notes

Overview

Endangered

Interesting Facts

Common Names

Description

Habitat

Biome: Freshwater [1].

Ecology: The type locality of this species has been described as a ditch beside a road. The ditch was 100 m long and one metre wide, and commonly contains water up to 0.3 m deep, although it does dry completely when there is no rain (Albaugh 1975).[1].

List of Habitats :

•     15     Artificial/Aquatic & Marine   
  
•     15.9     Artificial/Aquatic - Canals and Drainage Channels , Ditches   
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Taxonomy

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Comment: Subgenus : Capillicambarus

Last scrutiny: 31-May-2005

Similar Species

Members of the genus Procambarus

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 124 species and subspecies in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:

P. ablusus (Hatchie River Crayfish) · P. acherontis (Orlando Cave Crayfish) · P. acutissimus (Sharpnose Crayfish) · P. acutus (White River Crayfish) · P. acutus acutus (White River Crawfish) · P. acutus cuevachicae (White River Crawfish) · P. advena (Vidalia Crayfish) · P. alleni (Florida Crayfish) · P. ancylus (Coastal Plain Crayfish) · P. angustatus (Sandhills Crayfish) · P. apalachicolae (Coastal Flatwoods Crayfish) · P. attiguus (Silver Glen Springs Cave Crayfish) · P. barbatus (Wandering Crayfish) · P. barbiger (Jackson Prairie Crayfish) · P. bivittatus (Ribbon Crayfish) · P. blandingii (Santee Crayfish) · P. braswelli (Waccamaw Crayfish) · P. brazoriensis (Brazoria Crayfish) · P. capillatus (Capillaceous Crayfish) · P. caritus (Poor Crayfish) · P. cavernicola (Gabriel Cave Crayfish) · P. ceruleus (Blueclaw Chimney Crawfish) · P. chacei (Cedar Creek Crayfish) · P. clarkii (Red Swamp Crayfish) · P. clemmeri (Cockscomb Crayfish) · P. cometes (Mississippi Flatwoods Crayfish) · P. connus (Carrollton Crayfish) · P. curdi (Red River Burrowing Crayfish) · P. delicatus (Big-Cheeked Cave Crayfish) · P. dupratzi (Southwestern Creek Crayfish) · P. echinatus (Edisto Crayfish) · P. econfinae (Panama City Crayfish) · P. elegans (Elegant Creek Crayfish) · P. enoplosternum (Black Mottled Crayfish) · P. epicyrtus (Humpback Crayfish) · P. erythrops (Santa Fe Cave Crayfish) · P. escambiensis (Escambia Crayfish) · P. evermanni (Panhandle Crayfish) · P. fallax (Deceitful Crayfish) · P. ferrugineus (Lonoke Crayfish) · P. fitzpatricki (Spiny-Tail Crayfish) · P. franzi (Orange Lake Cave Crayfish) · P. geminus (Twin Crawfish) · P. geodytes (Muddiver Crayfish) · P. gibbus (Muckalee Crayfish) · P. gracilis (Prairie Crayfish) · P. hagenianus (Southeastern Prairie Crayfish) · P. hagenianus hagenianus (Southeastern Prairie Crayfish) · P. hagenianus vesticeps (Southeastern Prairie Crayfish) · P. hayi (Straightedge Crayfish) · P. hinei (Marsh Crayfish) · P. hirsutus (Shaggy Crayfish) · P. horsti (Big Blue Spring Cave Crayfish) · P. howellae (Ornate Crayfish) · P. hubbelli (Jackknife Crayfish) · P. hybus (Smoothnose Crayfish) · P. incilis (Cut Crayfish) · P. jaculus (Javelin Crayfish) · P. kensleyi (Free State Chimney Crawfish) · P. kilbyi (Hatchet Crayfish) · P. lagniappe (Lagniappe Crayfish) · P. latipleurum (Wingtail Crayfish) · P. lecontei (Mobile Crayfish) · P. leitheuseri (Coastal Lowland Cave Crayfish) · P. leonensis (Blacknose Crayfish) · P. lepidodactylus (Pee Dee Lotic Crayfish) · P. lewisi (Spur Crayfish) · P. liberorum (Osage Burrowing Crayfish) · P. litosternum (Blackwater Crayfish) · P. lophotus (Mane Crayfish) · P. lucifugus (Vampire Crayfish) · P. lucifugus alachua (Alachua Light-Fleeing Cave Crayfish) · P. lucifugus lucifugus (Withlocoochee Light-Fleeing Cave Crayfis) · P. lunzi (Hummock Crayfish) · P. lylei (Shutispear Crayfish) · P. machardyi (Caddo Chimney Crayfish) · P. mancus (Lame Crayfish) · P. marthae (Crisscross Crayfish) · P. medialis (Tar River Crayfish) · P. milleri (Miami Cave Crayfish) · P. morrisi (Putnam County Cave Crayfish) · P. natchitochae (Red River Crayfish) · P. nechesae (Neches Crayfish) · P. nigrocinctus (Blackbelted Crayfish) · P. nueces (Nueces Crayfish) · P. okaloosae (Okaloosa Crayfish) · P. orcinus (Woodville Karst Cave Crayfish) · P. ouachitae (Ouachita River Crayfish) · P. paeninsulanus (Peninsula Crayfish) · P. pallidus (Pallid Cave Crayfish) · P. parasimulans (Bismark Burrowin Crayfish) · P. pearsei (Carolina Sandhills Crayfish) · P. pecki (Phantom Cave Crayfish) · P. penni (Pearl Blackwater Crayfish) · P. petersi (Ogeechee Crayfish) · P. pictus (Black Creek Crayfish) · P. planirostris (Flatnose Crayfish) · P. plumimanus (Croatan Crayfish) · P. pogum (Bearded Crayfish) · P. pubescens (Brushnose Crayfish)

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Further Reading

• Albaugh, D. W. 1975. A New Crawfish of the genus Procambarus, subgenus Capillicambarus, from Texas, with notes on the distribution of the subgenus. Tulane Studies in Zoology and Botany 19(1 and 2): 1-7.
• Herrick Brown - ITIS Data Development Technician: McLaughlin et al. (2005) Occurrence values: I[N]; A
• Hobbs, Jr., Horton H. 1989. An Illustrated Checklist of the American Crayfishes (Decapoda: Astacidae, Cambaridae, and Parastacidae). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, no. 480. Smithsonian Institution Press. Washington, DC, USA. iii + 236.
• IUCN. 2010. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (ver. 2010.3). Available at: http://www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 2 September 2010).
• NatureServe. 2009. NatureServe Explorer: An online encyclopedia of life [web application]. Version 7.1. Internet
• Taylor, C.A, Schuster, G. A, Cooper, J.E, DiStefano, R.J, Eversole, A. G, Hamr, P, Hobbs, H.H, Robison, H.W, Skelton, C.E, Thoma, R.F. 2007. Conservation Status of Crayfish Species. American Fisheries Society 32(8).
• Williams, Austin B., Lawrence G. Abele, D. L. Felder, H. H. Hobbs, Jr., R. B. Manning, et al. 1989. Common and Scientific Names of Aquatic Invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Decapod Crustaceans. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 17. American Fisheries Society. Bethesda, Maryland, USA. 77. ISBN: 0-913235-49-0.

Notes

Contributors

• American Fisheries Society Endangered Species Committee 1996. Procambarus brazoriensis. In: IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.iucnredlist.org . Downloaded on 20 October 2006.
• Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 30, 2012.
• Crandall, K.A. & Johnson, D. 2010. Procambarus brazoriensis. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 04February2012.
• IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
• Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2706801
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-97579
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 97579
• IUCN ID: 236061
• Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: ICMAL14410
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 8543

Footnotes

1. Crandall, K.A. & Johnson, D. 2010. Procambarus brazoriensis. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 04 February 2012. [back]

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