Euastacus urospinosus is a species of southern crawfish in the family Parastacidae.[2][1]
| Euastacus urospinosus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Family: | Parastacidae |
| Genus: | Euastacus |
| Species: | E. urospinosus
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| Binomial name | |
| Euastacus urospinosus (Riek, 1956)
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The IUCN conservation status of Euastacus urospinosus is "EN", endangered. The species faces a high risk of extinction in the near future. The IUCN status was reviewed in 2010.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c Coughran, J.; Furse, J. (2010). "Euastacus urospinosus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T8147A12891980. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T8147A12891980.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ "Euastacus urospinosus". GBIF. Retrieved 2020-01-23.
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).
- Nizinski, Martha S. (2003). "Annotated checklist of decapod crustaceans of Atlantic coastal and continental shelf waters of the United States" (PDF). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 116 (1): 96–157. ISSN 0006-324X.
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