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This crayfish was first described to science as a new species in 1987. [3] There has been little formal study of this species due to its rarity. [5]It has been postulated that the four subterranean crayfish species inhabiting the Ozarks, including Cambarus aculabrum, derive from a common epigean ancestor species that gained access to a historic cave channel in the Ozark Plateau.
Research shows that crayfish do not die immediately when boiled alive, and respond to pain in a similar way to mammals. Then the stress hormone cortisol is released and this leads to the formation of lactic acid in the muscles, which makes the meat taste sour.
Faxonius shoupi, the Nashville crayfish, is a freshwater crustacean native to the Mill Creek Basin in Nashville, Tennessee. [2] Prior to August 2017, the species was called Orconectes shoupi . [ 4 ] Faxonius shoupi is protected under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) as an endangered species.
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Map from Glon et al. 2022 showing range of Lacunicambarus species. [3]Lacunicambarus is one of the widest ranging crayfish genera in North America. [3] Species from this genus can be found in nearly every state east of the Rocky Mountains and in the Province of Ontario.
Pacifastacus fortis (known as the Shasta crayfish or placid crayfish) is an endangered crayfish species endemic to Shasta County, California, where it is found and first described in 1914, only in isolated spots along the Pit River and Fall River Mills. [4] It is estimated that there are a total of roughly 4000 of the species still alive today. [5]