{{Short description|Species of crayfish}} {{Speciesbox | status = DD | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name=IUCN>{{cite iucn |author=Cordeiro, J. |year=2010 |title=''Procambarus gibbus'' |article-number=e.T18207A7783309 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T18207A7783309.en |access-date=12 November 2021}}</ref> | status2 = G3 | status2_system = TNC | status2_ref = <ref name=NatureServe>{{cite web |title=''Procambarus gibbus'' |url=https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.118019/Procambarus_gibbus |website=NatureServe Explorer An online encyclopedia of life |version=7.1|publisher=NatureServe|access-date=1 February 2023}}</ref> | genus = Procambarus | species = gibbus | authority = Hobbs, 1969 <ref>{{ITIS |id=97517 |taxon=''Procambarus gibbus'' |access-date=October 7, 2010}}</ref> }}
'''''Procambarus gibbus''''', the '''Muckalee crayfish''',<ref name=IUCN/><ref name=NatureServe/> is a species of crayfish in the family Cambaridae. It is endemic to the Flint River drainage in the U.S. state of Georgia.<ref name=IUCN/><ref name=NatureServe/> The common name of the species refers to the Muckalee Creek in Sumter County, Georgia, from where the first specimens were collected.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://academic.oup.com/jcb/article/37/5/615/4060680?login=false |work=The Crayfish and Lobster Taxonomy Browser |title=''An updated classification of the freshwater crayfishes (Decapoda: Astacidea) of the world, with a complete species list'' |author1=Keith A Crandall |author-link1=Keith A. Crandall |author2=Sammy De Grave |date=2017 |volume=37 |issue=5 |pages=615–653 |publisher=Oxford University Press|doi=10.1093/jcbiol/rux070 }}</ref>
It is listed as Data Deficient on the IUCN Red List.<ref name=IUCN/>
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Category:Cambaridae Category:Endemic fauna of Georgia (U.S. state) Category:Endemic crustaceans of the United States Category:Freshwater crustaceans of North America Category:Crustaceans described in 1969 Category:Taxa named by Horton H. Hobbs Jr. Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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