Distribution
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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
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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
Iucn red list assessment
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Red List CategoryLC
Least Concern
Red List Criteria
Version3.1
Year Assessed2010
Assessor/sCordeiro, J., Jones, T. & Thoma, R.F.
Reviewer/sCollen, B. & Richman, N.
Contributor/sLivingston, 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.
JustificationCambarus 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
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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
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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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