Cambaridae

Life-forms

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

Familia: Cambaridae

Genera: Barbicambarus – Bouchardina – Cambarellus – Cambarus – Creaserinus – Distocambarus – Fallicambarus – Faxonella – Faxonius – Hobbseus – Lacunicambarus – Orconectes – † Palaeocambarus – Procambarus – Troglocambarus
Name

Cambaridae Hobbs, 1942
References

Template:Hobbs, 1942

Hobbs, H. H. Jr. 1989. An Illustrated Checklist of the American Crayfishes (Decapoda: Astacidae, Cambaridae, and Parastacidae). Smithsonian Institution Press.
Fetzner, J.W.,Jr. & Taylor, C.A. 2018. Two new species of freshwater crayfish of the genus Faxonius (Decapoda: Cambaridae) from the Ozark Highlands of Arkansas and Missouri. Zootaxa 4399(4): 491–520. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4399.4.2 Full article (PDF) Reference page.
Laguarda, Alfredo. 1961. Contribucion al estudio comparative de la formula branquiae en la Familia Astacidae (Crustacea: Decapoda). 74, pages, 22 plates. Facultad de Ciencias, Departamento de Biologia, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico.
Loughman, Z.J.; Simon, T.P. 2011. Zoogeography, taxonomy, and conservation of West Virginia’s Ohio River floodplain crayfishes (Decapoda, Cambaridae). ZooKeys, 74: 1–78. ISSN: 1313-2970 (online) ISSN: 1313-2989 (print) DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.74.808
Morehouse, R.L.; Tobler, M. 2013: Crayfishes (Decapoda: Cambaridae) of Oklahoma: identification, distributions, and natural history. Zootaxa 3717(2): 101–157. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3717.2.1 Reference page.
Pedraza-Lara, C. & Doadrio, I. 2015: A new species of dwarf crayfish (Decapoda: Cambaridae) from central México, as supported by morphological and genetic evidence. Zootaxa 3963(4): 583–594. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3963.4.5. Preview (PDF) Reference page.

Vernacular names
日本語: アメリカザリガニ科
中文: 螯虾科

The Cambaridae are the largest of the four families of freshwater crayfish, with over 400 Species.[1] Most of the species in the family are native the United States east of the Great Divide and Mexico, but fewer range north to Canada, and south to Guatemala and Honduras. Three live on the island of Cuba. The species in the genus Cambaroides are the only found outside North America, as they are restricted to eastern Asia.[2]

A few species, including the invasive Procambarus clarkii and Faxonius rusticus, have been introduced to regions far outside their native range (both in North America and other continents). Conversely, many species have tiny ranges and are seriously threatened; a few are already extinct.[2]

A 2006 molecular study suggested that the family Cambaridae may be paraphyletic, with the family Astacidae nested within it, and the status of the genus Cambaroides remains unclear.[3]
References

James W. Fetzner Jr. (2005-05-09). "Family Cambaridae Hobbs, 1942". Crayfish Taxon Browser. Carnegie Museum of Natural History. Archived from the original on 2014-02-03. Retrieved 2007-08-20.
T. Kawai; Z. Faulkes; G. Scholtz, eds. (2015). Freshwater Crayfish: A Global Overview. CRC Press. ISBN 9781466586390.
A. Braband, T. Kawai & G. Scholtz (2006). "The phylogenetic position of the East Asian freshwater crayfish Cambaroides within the Northern Hemisphere Astacoidea (Crustacea, Decapoda, Astacida) based on molecular data". Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research. 44 (1): 17–24. doi:10.1111/j.1439-0469.2005.00338.x.