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| Hobbseus valleculus | |
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Conservation status
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Family: | Cambaridae |
| Genus: | Hobbseus |
| Species: | H. valleculus
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| Binomial name | |
| Hobbseus valleculus (Fitzpatrick, 1967)
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Hobbseus valleculus, the Choctaw riverlet crayfish, is a species of crayfish in the family Cambaridae. It is endemic to Mississippi in the United States.[3][4][1]
The IUCN conservation status of Hobbseus valleculus is "EN", endangered. The species faces a high risk of extinction in the near future. The IUCN status was reviewed in 2010.[1]