Cambarus ortmanni (Crayfishes and Shrimp of the Green River, KY)

Cambarus ortmanni

Distribution ²

Global Range: (200,000-2,500,000 square km (about 80,000-1,000,000 square miles)) Found in southern Indiana and Ohio, and northern Kentucky (Hobbs, 1989) in the middle and lower Ohio River drainages (Thoma and Jezerinac, 2000).

Habitat and ecology ³

Habitat and Ecology

This species is a primary burrowing crayfish that burrows in springs and rarely ventures into larger water bodies (Thoma and Jezerinac 2000). This species has also been found in ditches, roadside ditches, temporary pools and small streams (Norrocky 1989).

Systems

Freshwater

Iucn red list assessment ⁴

Red List Category

Least Concern

Red List Criteria

Version

3.1

Year Assessed

2010

Assessor/s

Cordeiro, J., Jones, T. & Thoma, R.F.

Reviewer/s

Collen, B. & Richman, N.

Contributor/s

Livingston, F., Livingston, F., Soulsby, A.-M., Batchelor, A., Dyer, E., Whitton, F., Milligan, H.T., Smith, J., Lutz, M.L., De Silva, R., McGuinness, S., Kasthala, G., Jopling, B., Sullivan, K. & Cryer, G.

Justification

Cambarus ortmanni has been given a status of Least Concern (LC). It has a very wide range, with an EOO of more than 88,000 km² and is secure or even increasing throughout its range.

Nature serve conservation status ⁵

Rounded Global Status Rank: G5 - Secure

Reasons: This species is secure from a conservation standpoint. It has a very wide range (>200,000 sq. km) and is secure or even increasing throughout its range. This is a generalist crayfish species with a relatively large range that continues to increase steadily.

Environmental Specificity: Broad. Generalist or community with all key requirements common.

Range description ⁶

This species is found in southern Indiana and Ohio, and northern Kentucky, USA (Hobbs 1989) in the middle and lower Ohio River drainages (Thoma and Jezerinac 2000).

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(c) International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://eol.org/data_objects/34353102

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