Procambarus angustatus Le Conte, 1856
Sandhills crayfish
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Extinct
Last record: 1856 or earlier
IUCN RedList status: Extinct
Distribution
Georgia, USA
The exact location of this species' former habitat is unknown as Le Conte only gave a very vague description of the area.
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Known only from the holotype (ANSP 444), a male, collected in or before 1856.
Media
References
Original scientific description:
LeConte, J. (1856). Descriptions of New Species of Astacus from Georgia. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 7: 400-402.
Other references:
Crandall, K. A. and De Grave, S. (2017). An updated classification of the freshwater crayfishes (Decapoda: Astacidea) of the world, with a complete species list. Journal of Crustacean Biology 37(5): 615-653.
Hobbs, H. H., Jr. (1981). The crayfishes of Georgia. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 318: 1-549.
Hobbs, H. H., Jr. (1989). An illustrated checklist of the American crayfishes (Decapoda: Astacidae, Cambaridae, and Parastacidae). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 480: 1-236.
McLaughlin, P. A., Camp, D. K., Angel, M. V., Bousfield, E. L., Brunel, P., Brusca, R. C., Cadien, D., Cohen, A. C., Conlan, K., Eldredge, L. G., Felder, D. L., Goy, J. W., Haney, T., Hann, B., Heard, R. W., Hendrycks, E. A., Hobbs, H. H. III, Holsinger, J. R., Kensley, B., Laubitz, D. R., LeCroy, S. E., Lemaitre, R., Maddocks, R. F., Martin, J. W., Mikkelsen, P., Nelson, E., Newman, W. A., Overstreet, R. M., Poly, W. J., Price, W. W., Reid, J. W., Robertson, A., Rogers, D. C., Ross, A., Schotte, M., Schram, F., Shih, C., Watling, L., Wilson, G. D. F. and Turgeon, D. D. (2005). Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Crustaceans. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 31: 545 pp.
Skelton, Christopher E. (2010). History, status, and conservation of Georgia crayfishes. Southeastern Naturalist 9 (special issue 3): 127-138. https://doi.org/10.1656/058.009.s305
Taylor, C. A., Schuster, G. A., Cooper, J. E., DiStefano, R. J., Eversole, A. G., Hamr, P., Hobbs, H. H. III, Robison, H. W., Skelton, C. E. and Thoma, R. F. (2007). A reassessment of the conservation status of crayfishes of the United States and Canada after 10+ years of increased awareness. Fisheries 32(8):371-389.
Thoma, R. F.; Cordeiro, J., and Jones, T. (2010). Procambarus angustatus. In: IUCN 2010. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.4. (http://www.redlist.org). Downloaded on 14 December 2010.
https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.116279/Procambarus_angustatus