Cambarus tartarus

Cambarus tartarus, the Oklahoma cave crayfish,^[1][2] is a species of crayfish in the family Cambaridae. It is endemic to two caves in Delaware County, Oklahoma in the United States.^[3][4][1][5]

Cambarus tartarus
Conservation status
Critically Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Critically Imperiled  (NatureServe)[2]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Suborder:	Pleocyemata
Family:	Cambaridae
Genus:	Cambarus
Species:	C. tartarus
Binomial name
Cambarus tartarus Hobbs & M. R. Cooper, 1972

The IUCN conservation status of Cambarus tartarus is "CR", critically endangered. The species faces an extremely high risk of extinction in the immediate future. The IUCN status was reviewed in 2010.^[1]