Nichole Sadecky
Greg Myers
Fetzner
Stuart A. Welsh
Whitney Stockner
Mael Glon
Roger F. Thoma
David A. Foltz II
2018
<p><span>A new species of crayfish, </span><i>Cambarus loughmani</i><span> sp. nov., is described from the preglacial Teays River Valley of Cabell, Kanawha, Lincoln, Mason, and Putnam counties, West Virginia. The species was previously considered to be part of the </span><i>Cambarus dubius</i><span> complex. Loughman et al. restricted </span><i>C. dubius</i><span> to an orange colour morph found in central and northern portions of the Allegheny Mountains and Appalachian Plateau in central West Virginia, western Maryland, and south-central Pennsylvania. The new species described herein can be distinguished from all other members of </span><i>Cambarus</i><span> Erichson, 1846 by a double row of cristiform tubercles on the palm, an open areola with two rows of punctations, and a consistent blue colouration.</span></p>
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10.1080/00222933.2018.1557271
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Cambarus loughmani, a new species of crayfish (Decapoda: Cambaridae) endemic to the pre-glacial Teays River Valley in West Virginia, USA
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