RANGE EXTENSION AND STATUS UPDATE FOR THE OKLAHOMA CAVECRAYFISH, CAMBARUS TARTARUS (DECAPODA: CAMBARIDAE)

G. O. Graening; Danté B. Fenolio; Horton H. Hobbs III; Shane Jones; Michael E. Slay; Shelley R. McGinnis; Jim F. Stout

doi:10.1894/0038-4909(2006)51[94:REASUF]2.0.CO;2

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1 January 2006 RANGE EXTENSION AND STATUS UPDATE FOR THE OKLAHOMA CAVECRAYFISH, CAMBARUS TARTARUS (DECAPODA: CAMBARIDAE)

G. O. Graening, Danté B. Fenolio, Horton H. Hobbs III, Shane Jones, Michael E. Slay, Shelley R. McGinnis, Jim F. Stout

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The Southwestern Naturalist, 51(1):94-99 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1894/0038-4909(2006)51[94:REASUF]2.0.CO;2

Abstract

The range of the single-site endemic cave crayfish, Cambarus tartarus, is expanded to an additional cave system (Long's Cave), but is still restricted to the Spavinaw Creek watershed within Delaware County, Oklahoma. Censuses of these 2 populations in 2001 and 2004 produced record high counts: 17 individuals in January-Stansbury Cave and 63 in Long's Cave. January-Stansbury Cave, with at least 52 species of animals, is the most species-rich subterranean habitat in Oklahoma to date. Conservation activities are summarized. Cambarus tartarus remains extremely vulnerable to degraded habitat quality, and further protection is recommended.

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G. O. Graening, Danté B. Fenolio, Horton H. Hobbs III, Shane Jones, Michael E. Slay, Shelley R. McGinnis, and Jim F. Stout "RANGE EXTENSION AND STATUS UPDATE FOR THE OKLAHOMA CAVECRAYFISH, CAMBARUS TARTARUS (DECAPODA: CAMBARIDAE)," The Southwestern Naturalist 51(1), 94-99, (1 January 2006). https://doi.org/10.1894/0038-4909(2006)51[94:REASUF]2.0.CO;2

Received: 20 April 2004; Accepted: 1 August 2005; Published: 1 January 2006

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