Lacunicambarus freudensteini
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| Banded mudbug | |
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| Banded mudbug, Lacunicambarus freudensteini, holotype | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Family: | Cambaridae |
| Genus: | Lacunicambarus |
| Species: | L. freudensteini |
| Binomial name | |
| Lacunicambarus freudensteini Glon, 2020 | |
Lacunicambarus freudensteini, the banded mudbug, is a species of North American burrowing crayfish found in Alabama and Mississippi.[2][3]
The banded mudbug is a small (maximum size: ~2–2.5 inches) primary burrowing crayfish. This crayfish is typically blue overall with orange highlights on its joints, although rare bright blue and pink specimens have also been collected.[3] Because of this species' exceedingly small range and overall rarity, this species is ranked as S1 (Critically imperiled) in both states where it occurs (Alabama and Mississippi) and has a NatureServe global rank of G1 (Critically imperiled).[1]
Range
The banded mudbug is a very rare species known only from nine sites in Mobile County, Alabama and Jackson County, Mississippi.[3]