''Cambarus williami'', the Brawleys Fork crayfish, is a species of
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
Tennessee.
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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 williami'' is "NT", near threatened. The species may be considered threatened in the near future. The IUCN status was reviewed in 2010.[
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Cambaridae
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Crustaceans described in 1995
Freshwater crustaceans of North America
Endemic fauna of Tennessee
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