Procambarus liberorum

Procambarus liberorum
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Suborder:	Pleocyemata
Family:	Cambaridae
Genus:	Procambarus
Species:	P. liberorum
Binomial name
Procambarus liberorum Fitzpatrick, 1978
Synonyms
Procambarus ferrugineus Hobbs & Robison, 1988

Procambarus liberorum is a species of crayfish in the family Cambaridae. It is endemic to the United States, where it occurs in Arkansas and Oklahoma. It is known commonly as the Osage burrowing crayfish.^[1]

Distribution

In Arkansas, P. liberorum is found in the Boston Mountains, Ouachita Mountains, and Arkansas Valley, as far east as Lonoke County. It was discovered in Le Flore County, Oklahoma, in 2006.^[2]

Taxonomic history

Procambarus liberorum was originally described from three specimens caught by a cat in Bentonville, Arkansas.^[3]

The species Procambarus ferrugineus was considered to be an endangered species on the IUCN Red List, but it is now known to be identical to the widespread and secure P. liberorum,^[4] which is listed as a least-concern species.^[1]

References

1. Schuster, G.A.; Taylor, C.A. (2010). "Procambarus liberorum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T153986A4572715. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T153986A4572715.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
2. Henry W. Robinson & Chris T. McAllister (2006). "First record of the Osage burrowing crayfish, Procambarus liberorum Fitzpatrick (Decapoda: Cambaridae), in Oklahoma" (PDF). Proceedings of the Oklahoma Academy of Science. 86: 87–88.
3. Henry W. Robison & Robert T. Allen (1995). "Procambarus liberorum Fitzpatrick 1978:533". Only in Arkansas: a study of the endemic plants and animals of the state. University of Arkansas Press. p. 59. ISBN 978-1-55728-326-9.
4. Keith A. Crandall; Henry W. Robison & Jennifer E. Buhay (2009). "Avoidance of extinction through nonexistence: the use of museum specimens and molecular genetics to determine the taxonomic status of an endangered freshwater crayfish". Conservation Genetics. 10 (1): 177–189. doi:10.1007/s10592-008-9546-9. S2CID 40302302.

External links

• "Unnamed crayfish (Procambarus liberorum) species profile". Environmental Conservation Online System. United States Fish and Wildlife Service. October 3, 2010.