Appendix 3 Table 3-3 Crayfish
Chapter 3 North Carolina Species
Table 3-3 CRAYFISH
2025 WAP Revision SGCN and Other Priority Species
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Common Name
Scientific Name
Order
Family
X
X
X
Carolina Needlenose Crayfish
Cambarus aldermanorum
Decapoda
Cambaridae
X
X
Mitten Crayfish
Cambarus asperimanus
Decapoda
Cambaridae
X
X
Appalachian Brook Crayfish
Cambarus bartonii
Decapoda
Cambaridae
X
X
X
Valley River Crayfish
Cambarus brimleyorum
Decapoda
Cambaridae
Y
M
X
X
Falls Crayfish
Cambarus burchfielae
Decapoda
Cambaridae
X
X
X
Red Burrowing Crayfish
Cambarus carolinus
Decapoda
Cambaridae
X
X
X
Greensboro Burrowing Crayfish
Cambarus catagius
Decapoda
Cambaridae
Y
H
SC
X
X
X
Moravian Crayfish
Cambarus cf. howardi sp. 1
Decapoda
Cambaridae
X
X
Roaring River Crayfish
Cambarus cf. robustus sp. 1
Decapoda
Cambaridae
X
New River Crayfish
Cambarus chasmodactylus
Decapoda
Cambaridae
X
X
Chauga Crayfish [= Oconee Stream Crayfish] Cambarus chaugaensis
Decapoda
Cambaridae
Y*
H
SC
X
X
Carolina Ladle Crayfish
Cambarus davidi
Decapoda
Cambaridae
X
X
Upland Burrowing Crayfish
Cambarus dubius
Decapoda
Cambaridae
X
X
Cataloochee Crawdad
Cambarus ectopistes
Decapoda
Cambaridae
X
X
X
Grandfather Mountain Crayfish
Cambarus eeseeohensis
Decapoda
Cambaridae
Y
H
X
X
South Mountains Crayfish
Cambarus franklini
Decapoda
Cambaridae
Y
T
X
X
X
Little Tennessee River Crayfish
Cambarus georgiae
Decapoda
Cambaridae
H
SC
X
X
Hiwassee Crayfish
Cambarus hiwasseensis
Decapoda
Cambaridae
M
X
X
Rocky River Crayfish
Cambarus hobbsorum
Decapoda
Cambaridae
X
X
Chattahoochee Crayfish
Cambarus howardi
Decapoda
Cambaridae
H
X
X
X
Sandhills Spiny Crayfish
Cambarus hystricosus
Decapoda
Cambaridae
Y
X
X
X
Carolina Foothills Crayfish
Cambarus johni
Decapoda
Cambaridae
Y
X
X
Stony Fork Crayfish
Cambarus lapidosus
Decapoda
Cambaridae
X
Variable Crayfish
Cambarus latimanus
Decapoda
Cambaridae
X
X
Broad River Stream Crayfish
Cambarus lenati
Decapoda
Cambaridae
Y
H
X
X
Longnose Crayfish
Cambarus longirostris
Decapoda
Cambaridae
X
X
Atlantic Slope Crayfish
Cambarus longulus
Decapoda
Cambaridae
X
X
X
Knotty Burrowing Crayfish
Cambarus nodosus
Decapoda
Cambaridae
X
X
X
Hiwassee Headwater Crayfish
Cambarus parrishi
Decapoda
Cambaridae
SC
VH
X
X
French Broad River Crayfish
Cambarus reburrus
Decapoda
Cambaridae
Y
T
H
X
X
Sickle Crayfish
Cambarus reduncus
Decapoda
Cambaridae
X
X
Big Water Crayfish
Cambarus robustus
Decapoda
Cambaridae
X
X
X
An undescribed crayfish
Decapoda
Cambaridae
Cambarus sp. A
X
X
Decapoda
Cambaridae
Cambarus acuminatus complex
Cambarus sp. C
X
X
Broad River Spiny Crayfish
Cambarus spicatus
Decapoda
Cambaridae
M At-Risk
T
Coalfields Crayfish
Cambarus theepiensis
Decapoda
Cambaridae
Y
X
X
X
Tuckaseegee Stream Crayfish
Cambarus tuckasegee
Decapoda
Cambaridae
Y
VH
X
X
Digger Crayfish
Fallicambarus fodiens
Decapoda
Cambaridae
X
X
North Carolina Spiny Crayfish
Faxonius carolinensis
Decapoda
Cambaridae
Y
SC
X
X
Spiny Stream Crayfish
Faxonius cristavarius
Decapoda
Cambaridae
Y
X
X
Reticulate Crayfish
Faxonius erichsonianus
Decapoda
Cambaridae
X
X
Surgeon Crayfish
Faxonius forceps
Decapoda
Cambaridae
X
X
Kentucky River Crayfish
Faxonius juvenilis
Decapoda
Cambaridae
Y
X
X
Rusty Crayfish
Faxonius rusticus
Decapoda
Cambaridae
Y
X
Coosa River Spiny Crayfish
Faxonius spinosus
Decapoda
Cambaridae
Y
X
X
Chowanoke Crayfish
Faxonius virginiensis
Decapoda
Cambaridae
y
X
X
Virile Crayfish
Faxonius virilis
Decapoda
Cambaridae
Y
X
X
X
Thornytail Crayfish
Lacunicambarus acanthura
Decapoda
Cambaridae
X
X
Devil Crawfish
Lacunicambarus diogenes
Decapoda
Cambaridae
X
X
White River Crawfish
Procambarus acutus
Decapoda
Cambaridae
X
X
X
Coastal Plain Crayfish
Procambarus ancylus
Decapoda
Cambaridae
X
X
X
Santee Crayfish
Procambarus blandingii
Decapoda
Cambaridae
X
X
X Cedar Creek Crayfish [= Waccamaw Crayfish] Procambarus chacei [= P. braswelli]
Decapoda
Cambaridae
H
E
X
X
Red Swamp Crawfish
Procambarus clarkii
Decapoda
Cambaridae
Y
X
X
X
Pamlico Crayfish
Procambarus medialis
Decapoda
Cambaridae
Y
M
T
X
X
X
Carolina Sandhills Crayfish
Procambarus pearsei
Decapoda
Cambaridae
M
T
X
X
X
Croatan Crayfish
Procambarus plumimanus
Decapoda
Cambaridae
Y
See Excel file for detailed evaluation data
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