Bouchardina

Bouchardina is a genus of North American crayfish, containing a single species, Bouchardina robisoni (Bayou Bodcau Crayfish) which is named after one of the scientist who found it Henry W. Robison.[2] It can be found in the bayou basins of southwestern Arkansas, United States. It is not considered to be significantly threatened as its habitat has low human disturbance; it is listed as Data Deficient on the IUCN Red List, S1 (critically imperiled) by The Nature Conservancy[3] and by NatureServe as G2 (Imperiled) and by the American Fisheries Society as Vulnerable.[1]

Bouchardina robisoni
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Subphylum:
Crustacea
Class:
Malacostraca
Order:
Decapoda
Family:
Cambaridae
Genus:
Bouchardina

Hobbs, 1977
Species:
B. robisoni
Binomial name
Bouchardina robisoni
Hobbs, 1977

In 2010, research by scientists suggested changing the IUCN status to threatened as it was only known from four counties (Lafayette, Hempstead, Nevada and Columbia County, Arkansas)[4] and only a few specimens had been collected since 1977.[3]

References
  1. J. Cordeiro (2010). "Bouchardina robisoni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T154024A4578252. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T154024A4578252.en. Retrieved 6 January 2018.
  2. Keith A. Crandall; James W. Fetzner Jr. & Horton H. Hobbs Jr. (January 1, 2001). "Bouchardina". Tree of Life Web Project.
  3. Issues in Biological, Biochemical, and Evolutionary Sciences Research: (2011 ed.). ScholarlyEditions. 2012. ISBN 1464963703. Retrieved June 7, 2015.
  4. Henry W. Robison; Robert T. Allen (1995). Only in Arkansas: A Study of the Endemic Plants and Animals of the State. University of Arkansas Press. p. 48. ISBN 1557283265. Retrieved June 7, 2015.


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