Cambarus jonesi

{{Short description|Species of crayfish}} {{Speciesbox | image = | status = VU | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name=IUCN>{{cite iucn |author=Cordeiro, J.|author2= Crandall, K.A. |author2-link=Keith A. Crandall |author3= Thoma, R.F. |name-list-style=amp |year=2010 |title= ''Cambarus jonesi'' |article-number= e.T153956A4568740 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T153956A4568740.en |access-date=5 February 2023}}</ref> | status2 = G2 | status2_system = TNC | status2_ref = <ref name=NatureServe>{{cite web |title=''Cambarus jonesi'' |url=https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.108231/Cambarus_jonesi |website=NatureServe Explorer An online encyclopedia of life |version=7.1|publisher=NatureServe|access-date=5 February 2023}}</ref> | genus = Cambarus | species = jonesi | authority = Hobbs and Barr, 1960 }} '''''Cambarus jonesi''''', the '''Alabama cave crayfish''',<ref name=IUCN/><ref name=NatureServe/> is a small, freshwater crayfish endemic to Alabama in the United States. It is an underground species known only from 12 caves.

==Distribution== The Alabama cave crayfish is known from cave systems in the Tennessee River basin between Florence and Guntersville. It has been found in Colbert, Limestone, Lauderdale, Madison, and Morgan counties in Alabama. Specimens from Marshall County, formerly thought to be this species, actually represent two distinct species, ''Cambarus speleocoopi'' and ''Cambarus laconensis''<ref name=IUCN/>

==Etymology== The name ''jonesi'' honors Walter B. Jones.<ref>{{Cite Q|Q104204369}}</ref>

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Category:Cambarus Category:Cave crayfish Category:Endemic fauna of Alabama Category:Endemic crustaceans of the United States Category:Freshwater crustaceans of North America Category:Crustaceans described in 1960 Category:Taxa named by Horton H. Hobbs Jr.