Creaserinus
Creaserinus fodiens, digger crayfish, Louisiana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Family: Cambaridae
Genus: Creaserinus
Hobbs, 1973

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]

This genus was formerly considered a subgenus of Fallicambarus.[3]

Species

These 15 species belong to the genus Creaserinus:[3][1]

  • Creaserinus brevistylus (DP Johnson, Stern & Crandall, 2021)
  • Creaserinus burrisi (Fitzpatrick, 1987) (burrowing bog crayfish)
  • Creaserinus byersi (Hobbs, 1941)
  • Creaserinus caesius (Hobbs, 1975)
  • Creaserinus clausus (DP Johnson, Stern & Crandall, 2021)
  • Creaserinus crenastylus (DP 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 (DP Johnson, Stern & Crandall, 2021)
  • Creaserinus oryktes (Penn & Marlow, 1959)
  • Creaserinus trinensis (DP Johnson, Stern & Crandall, 2021)

References

  1. 1 2 "Creaserinus". GBIF. Retrieved 2021-10-23.
  2. โ†‘ 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): 615โ€“653. doi:10.1093/jcbiol/rux070.
  3. 1 2 "World Register of Marine Species, genus Creaserinus". Retrieved 2021-10-23.

Further reading

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