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Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Cladus: Pancrustacea
Superclassis: Multicrustacea
Classis: Malacostraca
Subclassis: Eumalacostraca
Superordo: Eucarida
Ordo: Decapoda
Subordo: Pleocyemata
Infraordo: Astacidea
Superfamilia: Astacoidea

Familia: Cambaridae
Genus: Barbicambarus
Species: B. cornutus – B. simmonsi
Name

Barbicambarus Hobbs, 1969
Type: Cambarus cornutus Faxon, 1884
Typification by ? [monotypic; Hobbs 1969 not seen]
Gender: masculine

References

Hobbs, H.H. 1969: On the distribution and phylogeny of the crayfish genus Cambarus. In: Holt, P.C., R.L. Hoffman, & C.W. Hart, Jr. (eds.), The distributional history of the biota of the southern Appalachians, Part I: Invertebrates. Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Research Division Monograph, 1: 93–178.
Faxon, W. 1884: Descriptions of new species of Cambarus, to which is added a synonymical list of the known species of Cambarus and Astacus. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 20: 107–158.
Taylor, C.A. & Schuster, G.A. 2010: Monotypic no more, a description of a new crayfish of the genus Barbicambarus Hobbs, 1969 (Decapoda: Cambaridae) from the Tennessee River drainage using morphology and molecules. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 123 (4): 324–334. DOI: 10.2988/10-15.1

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Barbicambarus cornutus

Barbicambarus cornutus

Barbicambarus is a genus of freshwater crayfish found in Tennessee and Kentucky in the United States. It comprises two species:[2]

Barbicambarus cornutus (Faxon, 1884)
Barbicambarus simmonsi Taylor & Schuster, 2010

References

Keith A. Crandall; James W. Fetzner, Jr. & Horton H. Hobbs Jr. (January 1, 2001). "Barbicambarus Hobbs, 1969". Tree of Life Web Project.

Christopher A. Taylor & Guenter A. Schuster (2010). "Monotypic no more, a description of a new crayfish of the genus Barbicambarus Hobbs, 1969 (Decapoda: Cambaridae) from the Tennessee River drainage using morphology and molecules". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 123 (4): 324–334. doi:10.2988/10-15.1. S2CID 85859723.

Further reading
"Whopping crayfish species stayed hidden for decades". Short Sharp Science. New Scientist. January 19, 2011.

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