Creaserinus is a genus of Digger Crayfish in the family Cambaridae. There are about 15 described species in Creaserinus, found in North America.[1][2]
| Creaserinus | |
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| Creaserinus fodiens, digger crayfish, Louisiana | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Family: | Cambaridae |
| Genus: | Creaserinus Hobbs, 1973 |
This genus was formerly considered a subgenus of Fallicambarus.[3]
Species
editThe following species belong to the genus Creaserinus:[3][1]
- Creaserinus brevistylus Johnson, Stern & Crandall, 2021
- Creaserinus burrisi (Fitzpatrick, 1987) (burrowing bog crayfish)
- Creaserinus byersi (Hobbs, 1941)
- Creaserinus caesius (Hobbs, 1975)
- Creaserinus clausus Johnson, Stern & Crandall, 2021
- Creaserinus crenastylus Johnson, Stern & Crandall, 2021
- Creaserinus danielae (Hobbs, 1975) (speckled burrowing crayfish)
- Creaserinus fodiens (Cottle, 1863) (digger crayfish)
- Creaserinus gilpini (Hobbs & Robison, 1989) (Jefferson County crayfish)
- Creaserinus gordoni (Fitzpatrick, 1987) (Camp Shelby burrowing crayfish)
- Creaserinus hedgpethi (Hobbs, 1948)
- Creaserinus hortoni (Hobbs & Fitzpatrick, 1970) (Hatchie burrowing crayfish)
- Creaserinus limulus Johnson, Stern & Crandall, 2021
- Creaserinus oryktes (Penn & Marlow, 1959)
- Creaserinus trinensis Johnson, Stern & Crandall, 2021
References
edit- ^ a b "Creaserinus". GBIF. Retrieved 2021-10-23.
- ^ Crandall, Keith A.; De Grave, Sammy (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. doi:10.1093/jcbiol/rux070.
- ^ a b "World Register of Marine Species, genus Creaserinus". Retrieved 2021-10-23.
Further reading
edit- Hobbs, Horton H. Jr. (1989). "An Illustrated Checklist of the American Crayfishes (Decapoda: Astacidae, Cambaridae, and Parastacidae)" (PDF). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology (480): 1–236. doi:10.5479/si.00810282.480.
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