''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 ]IUCN
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN; officially International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources) is an international organization working in the field of nature conservation and sustainable use of natu ...
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
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Crustaceans described in 1981
Taxa named by Horton H. Hobbs Jr.
Endemic fauna of Georgia (U.S. state)
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