Cambarus (Puncticambarus) cumberlandensis
Keith A. Crandall, James W. Fetzner, Jr., and Horton H. Hobbs, Jr.Types
Holotype, allotype, and morphotype, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C. 132989, 132990, 132991 (male I, female, male II); paratypes, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C.Type Locality
Poplar Cove Creek (a tributary to the East Fork of the Obey River), 5.8 miles (9.3 km) west of Jamestown, Fentress County, Tennessee, off State Route 52, just east of Helena.Range
Cumberland River system from Jellico Creek (Scott County, Tennessee) downstream to and including Roaring River in Jackson County, Tennessee; and Green River system in Adair and Metcalf counties, Kentucky. Introduced into Caney Fork River system in DeKalb County, Tennessee.References
Hobbs, H. H. Jr. 1989. An Illustrated Checklist of the American Crayfishes (Decapoda: Astacidae, Cambaridae, and Parastacidae). Smithsonian Institution Press.
Hobbs, Horton H., Jr., and Raymond W. Bouchard. 1973. A New Crayfish from the Cumberland River System with Notes on Cambarus carolinua (Erichson). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 86(5): 41-68, figures 1-4.
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Keith A. Crandall
Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, USA
James W. Fetzner, Jr.
Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Horton H. Hobbs, Jr.
Wittenberg University, Springfield, Ohio, USA
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