Procambarus acutus

Procambarus acutus, the white river crayfish, is a species of crayfish in the family Cambaridae. It is found in North America and Europe.[1][2][3][4]

Procambarus acutus
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Crustacea
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Family:	Cambaridae
Genus:	Procambarus
Species:	P. acutus
Binomial name
Procambarus acutus (Girard, 1852)

The IUCN conservation status of Procambarus acutus is "LC", least concern, with no immediate threat to the species' survival. The IUCN status was reviewed in 2010.[3]

Subspecies

These two subspecies belong to the species Procambarus acutus:

• Procambarus acutus acutus (Girard, 1852) (white river crayfish)
• Procambarus acutus cuevachicae (Hobbs, 1941)

References

1. "Procambarus acutus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
2. "Procambarus acutus". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
3. "Procambarus acutus Red List status". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 2019-09-23.old-form url
4. "Procambarus acutus species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-23.

Further reading

• Loughman, Z.; Simon, T. (2011). "Zoogeography, taxonomy, and conservation of West Virginia's Ohio River floodplain crayfishes (Decapoda, Cambaridae)". ZooKeys (74): 1–78. doi:10.3897/zookeys.74.808. PMC 3088040. PMID 21594135.
• Hobbs, Horton H. Jr. (1989). "An Illustrated Checklist of the American Crayfishes (Decapoda: Astacidae, Cambaridae, and Parastacidae)" (PDF). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology (480).
• Nizinski, Martha S. (2003). "Annotated checklist of decapod crustaceans of Atlantic coastal and continental shelf waters of the United States" (PDF). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 116 (1): 96–157. ISSN 0006-324X.