Cambarus Harti
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''Cambarus harti'', the Piedmont blue burrower, is a species of burrowing
crayfish Crayfish are freshwater crustaceans belonging to the clade Astacidea, which also contains lobsters. In some locations, they are also known as crawfish, craydids, crawdaddies, crawdads, freshwater lobsters, mountain lobsters, rock lobsters, mu ...
in the family Cambaridae. It is endemic to Georgia in the United States. The common name refers to the Piedmont plateau region. The
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conservation status of ''Cambarus harti'' is "EN", endangered. The species faces a high risk of extinction in the near future. The IUCN status was reviewed in 2010.


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* * * Cambaridae Articles created by Qbugbot Crustaceans described in 1981 Taxa named by Horton H. Hobbs Jr. Endemic fauna of Georgia (U.S. state) {{Crayfish-stub