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Cambarus striatus

Distribution 2

Global Range: (200,000-2,500,000 square km (about 80,000-1,000,000 square miles)) Distribution ranges throughout the southeastern United States from Kentucky south to Mississippi and east to northwestern Georgia and includes Florida, Georgia, South Carolina westward to Mississippi and north Kentucky (Hobbs, 1989). Eversole and Jones (2004) cite distribution as from the Savannah and Oklockonee systems in South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida westward into Mississippi and north through Tennessee into the Green River system in Kentucky.

Habitat and ecology 3

Habitat and Ecology

This species can be a primary, secondary or tertiary burrower depending on the population (Bouchard 1978). This species is also found in streams (Hobbs 1989). Taylor and Schuster (2004) also found this species in rivers and creeks of all sizes. It has also been reported that juveniles in Mississippi are common in streams which dry seasonally (Adams 2008).
Bouchard (1978) also found a female in a subterranean cavern in Alabama.

Systems
  • Freshwater

Iucn red list assessment 4


Red List Category
LC
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 striatus has been given a status of Least Concern (LC). This is a very wide ranging species in the southeastern USA with an estimated EOO in excess of 456,000 km2. It is very common and secure throughout its range with thousands of populations and millions of individuals.

Nature serve conservation status 5

Rounded Global Status Rank: G5 - Secure

Reasons: This is a very wide ranging species in the southeastern U.S. (range extent >1,000,000 sq. km). It is very common and secure throughout its range with thousands of populations and millions of individuals.

Range description 6

This species is a widely distributed species, found from the Savannah and Ochlockonee basins in South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida westward into Mississippi and northward through Tennessee into the Green watershed in Kentucky, USA (Hobbs 1989, Eversole and Jones 2004). It occurs throughout most of Kentucky except for the Mississippi Alluvial Plain ecoregion (Adams 2008).
The Extent of Occurrence (EOO) of this species has been estimated to exceed 456,000 km2.

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