''Cambarus loughmani'', the blue Teays mudbug, is a species of burrowing

crayfish Crayfish are freshwater crustaceans belonging to the infraorder Astacidea, which also contains lobsters. Taxonomically, they are members of the superfamilies Astacoidea and Parastacoidea. They breathe through feather-like gills. Some spe ...

endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found only 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 foun ...

to the pre-glacial Teays River Valley in

West Virginia West Virginia is a mountainous U.S. state, state in the Southern United States, Southern and Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States.The United States Census Bureau, Census Bureau and the Association of American ...

. The species was previously considered to be part of the Cambarus dubius complex.

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* Cambaridae Freshwater crustaceans of North America Crustaceans described in 2018 Endemic crustaceans of the United States Endemic fauna of West Virginia Taxobox binomials not recognized by IUCN {{Crayfish-stub