Endangered Crustaceans of North America**
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Common Name Range ***
Aglaodiaptomus spp. (2) United States
Alabama Cave Shrimp Alabama
Alabama Well Amphipod Alabama
Angular Dwarf Crayfish Alabama, Mississippi
Apalachicola Cave Crayfish Florida, Georgia
Arizona Cave Amphipod Arizona
Avotrichodactylus oaxensis Mexico
Balcones Cave Amphipod Texas
Balcones Cave Shrimp Texas
Barr's Cave Amphipod Missouri
Bastrop Crayfish Texas
Bat Cave Isopod Arkansas, Oklahoma
Bath County Cave Amphipod Virginia
Bearded Red Crayfish Mississippi
Beautiful Crayfish Georgia
Benton County Cave Crayfish Arkansas, Missouri
Bifurcated Cave Amphipod Texas
Big Blue Spring Cave Crayfish Florida
Big Sandy Crayfish Kentucky, Virginia, West Virginia
Big South Fork Crayfish Kentucky, Tennessee
Big-cheeked Cave Crayfish Florida
Black Creek Crayfish Florida
Blackbarred Crayfish Alabama, Georgia
Blackbelted Crayfish Texas
Bluegrass Crayfish Kentucky
Bousfield's Amphipod Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky
Bowman's Cave Amphipod Oklahoma
Branchinecta belki Mexico
Branchinecta mexicana Mexico
Branchinella spp. (2) Australia, United States
Brawleys Fork Crayfish Tennessee
Brazoria Crayfish Texas
Broad River Spiny Crayfish North Carolina, South Carolina
Burnsville Cove Cave Amphipod Virginia
Burrowing Bog Crayfish Alabama, Mississippi
California Bay Pea Crab California
California Freshwater Shrimp California
Cambarus strigosus Georgia
Camp Shelby Burrowing Crayfish Mississippi
Cascade Cave Amphipod Texas
Central Missouri Cave Amphipod Arkansas, Missouri
Chatooga Crayfish Alabama, Georgia
Chattahoochee Crayfish Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina
Chickamanga Crayfish Georgia, Tennessee
Choctaw Riverlet Crayfish Mississippi
Clanton's Cave Amphipod Kansas, Missouri
Clifton Cave Isopod Kentucky
Coahuila Isopod Mexico, Texas
Coastal Flatwoods Crayfish Florida
Coastal Lowland Cave Crayfish Florida
Conasauga Blue Burrower Georgia, Tennessee
Conservancy Fairy Shrimp California
Cooper's Cave Amphipod West Virginia
Coosawattae Crayfish Georgia
Corrollton Crayfish Mississippi
Cypress Crayfish Florida
Delaware County Cave Crayfish Oklahoma
Devil's Sinkhole Amphipod Texas
Diminutive Amphipod Texas
Distocambarus spp. (2) Georgia, South Carolina
Edisto Crayfish South Carolina
Elaphoidella spp. (1) Slovenia, United States
Elevated Spring Amphipod Arkansas
Elk River Crayfish West Virginia
Ephemeral Cave Amphipod Virginia
Escambia Crayfish Alabama, Florida
Etowah Crayfish Georgia
Ezell's Cave Amphipod Texas
Florida Cave Amphipod Florida
Florida Cave Shrimp Florida
Florida Fairy Shrimp Florida
French Broad Crayfish North Carolina
Grady's Cave Amphipod California
Greenbrier Cave Amphipod Maryland, West Virginia
Greenbrier Cave Crayfish West Virginia
Greensboro Burrowing Crayfish North Carolina
Hara's Cave Amphipod California
Hatchie Burrowing Crayfish Tennessee
Hay's Spring Amphipod District of Columbia
Hell Creek Crayfish Arkansas
Hesperodiaptomus spp. (2) California, North Carolina
Hiwassee Crayfish Georgia, North Carolina, Tennessee
Hiwassee Headwater Crayfish Georgia, North Carolina
Hobb's Cave Amphipod Florida
Hobbseus cristatus Mississippi
Illinois Cave Amphipod Illinois
Jackson Prarie Crayfish Mississippi
Jefferson County Crayfish Arkansas
Kentucky Cave Shrimp Kentucky
Lagniappe Crayfish Alabama, Mississippi
Least Crayfish Alabama, Mississippi
Lee County Cave Isopod Virginia
Leptocaris stromatolicolus Mexico
Little Tennessee Crayfish Georgia, North Carolina
Long-legged Cave Amphipod Texas
Longhorn Fairy Shrimp California
Lonoke Crayfish Arkansas
Mackenzie's Cave Amphipod California
Madison Cave Isopod Virginia, West Virginia
Malheur Cave Amphipod Oregon
Mexilana saluposi Mexico
Mexistenasellus nulemex Mexico
Miami Cave Crayfish Florida
Minute Cave Amphipod West Virginia
Mississippi Flatwoods Crayfish Mississippi
Mona Cave Shrimp Puerto Rico
Morrison's Cave Amphipod Virginia, West Virginia
Mountain Cave Amphipod Arkansas
Muckalee Crayfish Georgia
Neches Crayfish Texas
Nickajack Cave Isopod Georgia, Tennessee
Noel's Amphipod New Mexico
Norton's Cave Amphipod Tennessee
Nueces Crayfish Texas
Obey Crayfish Tennessee
Oconee Burrowing Crayfish Georgia (USA)
Oconee Stream Crayfish Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina
Oklahoma Cave Amphipod Oklahoma
Oklahoma Cave Crayfish Oklahoma
Oktibbeha Riverlet Crayfish Mississippi
Onondaga Cave Amphipod Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma
Orange Lake Cave Crayfish Florida
Orconectes spp. (21) Alabama, Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, New Mexico, Ohio, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas
Orlando Cave Crayfish Florida
Ouachita Burrowing Crayfish Arkansas
Ozark Cave Amphipod Arkansas, Missouri, Oklahoma
Panama City Crayfish Florida
Parhippolyte sterreri Mexico
Parkhill Prairie Crayfish Texas
Parzefall's Stenasellid Mexico
Pearl Riverlet Crayfish Mississippi
Peck's Cave Amphipod Texas
Pecos Amphipod Texas
Pennsylvania Cave Amphipod Maryland, Pennsylvania
Phantom Cave Crayfish Alabama
Pickle Springs Amphipod Missouri
Piedmont Blue Burrower Georgia
Pizzini's Amphipod District of Columbia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia
Potamocarcinus spp. (1) Honduras, Mexico
Pristine Crayfish Tennessee
Procambarus latipleurum Florida
Procambarus plumimanus North Carolina
Procambarus rathbunae Florida
Procambarus reimeri Arkansas
Putnam County Cave Crayfish Florida
Red-black Crayfish Florida
Reddell's Cave Amphipod Texas
Rusty Grave Digger Alabama, Florida
Rye Cove Cave Isopod Virginia
Saline Burrowing Crayfish Arkansas
San Diego Fairy Shrimp California
Sandhills Crayfish Georgia
Santa Fe Cave Crayfish Florida
Shasta Crayfish California
Silver Glen Springs Cave Crayfish Florida
Skistodiaptomus carolinensis North Carolina
Slenderwrist Burrowing Crayfish Arkansas
Socorro Isopod New Mexico
Sooty Crayfish California
Speckled Burrowing Crayfish Alabama, Mississippi
Speocirolana thermydromis Mexico
Sphaerolana spp. (3) Mexico
Spiny-tail Crayfish Mississippi
Spring Cave Amphipod West Virginia
Stellmack's Cave Amphipod Pennsylvania
Streptocephalus spp. (3) California, Mexico, South Africa, Zimbabwe
Subtle Cave Amphipod Illinois, Michigan, Missouri
Tehuana spp. (3) Mexican Holarctic
Thermosphaeroma cavicauda Mexico
Thermosphaeroma dugesi Mexico
Thermosphaeroma macrura Mexico
Thermosphaeroma milleri Mexico
Thermosphaeroma smithi Mexico
Tidewater Interstitial Amphipod North Carolina, Virginia
Tidewater Stygonectid Amphipod Maryland, North Carolina
Tombigbee Riverlet Crayfish Mississippi
Typhlopseudothelphusa mocinoi Mexico
Valley Flame Crayfish Kentucky, Tennessee
Vernal Pool Fairy Shrimp California, Oregon
Vernal Pool Tadpole Shrimp California
Wengeror's Cave Amphipod California
Wilken's Stenasellid Mexico
Wisconsin Well Amphipod Wisconsin
Woodville Cave Crayfish Florida
Yalobusha Riverlet Crayfish Mississippi

**What crustaceans are listed here?:

The North America section of this site lists the folllowing crustaceans appearing on select endangered species lists:
  • Crustaceans that dwell in or migrate to any part of the North American continent, except Hawaii, which has its own section.
  • Crustaceans of Greenland and adjacent Atlantic islands.
  • Crustaceans of the Mexican Holarctic.
  • Crustaceans of the Gulf of Maine.

Disclaimer:
This list combines species from several endangered species lists. Using the total count of species found on this site as an official count of endangered species of the world is not recommended. For more information on what creatures are listed on this site, please visit our About EEC page.


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