Fallicambarus burrisi

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Population

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

Conservation Actions

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	ARTHROPODA	CRUSTACEA	DECAPODA	CAMBARIDAE

Scientific Name:

Fallicambarus burrisi

Species Authority:

(Fitzpatrick, 1987)

Common Name/s:

English

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Burrowing Bog Crayfish

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:

Data Deficient ver 3.1

Year Published:

2010

Assessor/s:

Cordeiro, J.

Reviewer/s:

Collen, B. & Richman, N.

Contributor/s:

Livingston, F., Livingston, F., Soulsby, A.-M., Batchelor, A., Dyer, E., Whitton, F., Milligan, H.T., Smith, J., Lutz, M.L., De Silva, R., McGuinness, S., Kasthala, G., Jopling, B., Sullivan, K. & Cryer, G.

Justification:
Fallicambarus burrisi has been assessed as Data Deficient. The extent of occurrence qualifies this species for a listing under Vulnerable criteria B, however it is not clear if fragmentation is severe enough that it has resulted in non viable subpopulations with little interchange. While threats to this species habitat have been reported, it is not clear if these are driving declines in the population. Further research is needed on these threats before a more accurate assessment of conservation status can be made.

History:

1996

–

Vulnerable

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	This species is found in the Chickasawhay and Escatawpa river basins in Alabama and Mississippi (Fitzpatrick 1987). This species has a distribution of approximately 12000 km².
Countries:	Native: United States (Alabama, Mississippi)
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Population [top]

Population:	There is no population information available for this species.
Population Trend:	Unknown

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	This species is a primary burrower and burrows in Sarracenia bogs (Schuster and Taylor 2004).
Systems:	Freshwater

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	There are no immediate threats to this species, however the removal of peat bogs may pose a future threat (NatureServe 2009). Destruction of pitcher plant bogs due to road construction, development, or forest management practices have caused fragmentation within populations (S. Adams pers.comm. 2010). However, the species exists in all pitcher plant bogs sampled within its range (S. Adams pers.comm. 2010).

Major Threat(s):

There are no immediate threats to this species, however the removal of peat bogs may pose a future threat (NatureServe 2009). Destruction of pitcher plant bogs due to road construction, development, or forest management practices have caused fragmentation within populations (S. Adams pers.comm. 2010). However, the species exists in all pitcher plant bogs sampled within its range (S. Adams pers.comm. 2010).

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	There are no species-specific conservation measures in place for this species. However, this species has been given a NatureServe Global Heritage Status Rank of G3, and was assigned an American Fisheries Society Status of Threatened based on its restricted range (Taylor et al. 2007, NatureServe 2009). Further research is required to determine the abundance of this species, and whether it is impacted upon by any major threat processes.

Conservation Actions:

There are no species-specific conservation measures in place for this species. However, this species has been given a NatureServe Global Heritage Status Rank of G3, and was assigned an American Fisheries Society Status of Threatened based on its restricted range (Taylor et al. 2007, NatureServe 2009). Further research is required to determine the abundance of this species, and whether it is impacted upon by any major threat processes.

Citation:	Cordeiro, J. 2010. Fallicambarus burrisi. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 18 May 2013.
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