Cambarus zophonastes
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| Cambarus zophonastes Hobbs & Bedinger, 1964 |
Cambarus zophonastes is a species of crayfish in the family Cambaridae. It is endemic to the United States. The crayfish in Arkansas is nicknamed the 'Hell Creek Crayfish'.
The Cave crayfish zophonastes is a cave-adapted species that lacks pigment in the body and eyes.
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- American Fisheries Society Endangered Species Committee 1996. Cambarus zophonastes. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 09 August 2007.
- http://www.naturalheritage.com/program/rare-species/federally-listed/animal-profiles/hell_creek_crayfish.asp
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