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''Hobbseus'' is a genus of
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 The Cambaridae are the largest of the four families of freshwater crayfish, with over 400 Species. Most of the species in the family are native the United States east of the Great Divide and Mexico, but fewer range north to Canada, and south to ...
. It comprises seven species, six of which are
endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsew ...
to
Mississippi Mississippi () is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States, bordered to the north by Tennessee; to the east by Alabama; to the south by the Gulf of Mexico; to the southwest by Louisiana; and to the northwest by Arkansas. Miss ...
; '' H. prominens'' is the only species to range outside Mississippi, being also found in
Alabama (We dare defend our rights) , anthem = "Alabama (state song), Alabama" , image_map = Alabama in United States.svg , seat = Montgomery, Alabama, Montgomery , LargestCity = Huntsville, Alabama, Huntsville , LargestCounty = Baldwin County, Al ...
. Three of the seven species are listed as
endangered An endangered species is a species that is very likely to become extinct in the near future, either worldwide or in a particular political jurisdiction. Endangered species may be at risk due to factors such as habitat loss, poaching and inva ...
(EN) on the
IUCN Red List The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species, also known as the IUCN Red List or Red Data Book, founded in 1964, is the world's most comprehensive inventory of the global conservation status of biol ...
, while three are of uncertain status (DD) and one is of
least concern A least-concern species is a species that has been categorized by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) as evaluated as not being a focus of species conservation because the specific species is still plentiful in the wild. T ...
(LC). *'' Hobbseus attenuatus'' Black, 1969 – *'' Hobbseus cristatus'' (Hobbs, 1955) – *'' Hobbseus orconectoides'' Fitzpatrick & Payne, 1968 – *'' Hobbseus petilus'' Fitzpatrick, 1977 – *'' Hobbseus prominens'' (Hobbs, 1966) – *'' Hobbseus valleculus'' (Fitzpatrick, 1967) – *'' Hobbseus yalobushensis'' Fitzpatrick & Busack, 1989 –


References

Cambaridae Crustacean genera Freshwater crustaceans of North America Endemic fauna of Mississippi Taxa named by Joseph F. Fitzpatrick Jr. Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Crayfish-stub