CRAYFISH IN ALABAMA

Alabama is home to 83 species of crayfish, more species than any other state. Some species are very widespread, occurring over large areas of eastern North American. However, many other species have very restricted distributions. For example, the first two species listed below occur only around Mobile and adjoining areas of Mississippi. Most crayfish species live in streams but some are adapted to other environments. Primary burrowers excavate tunnels (with characteristic chimneys) that reach the water table but have no direct connection to streams. Secondary and tertiary burrows excavate tunnels that have connections to streams. Six species of Alabama crayfish live only in caves and associated underground streams.

Cambarellus diminutus.  Least Crayfish.  Distribution: North America: Mobile County, Alabama; George and Jackson counties, Mississippi (Hobbs 1989). Alabama: Known from eight database records, all from Mobile and Washington counties in the Mobile Basin.  Habitat: Ditches, pools in sluggish streams (Hobbs 1989).  Conservation Status: High Conservation Concern.

Cambarellus lesliei.  Distribution: North America: Baldwin, Mobile and Washington counties Alabama; George County Mississippi (Hobbs 1989). Alabama: Known from 17 database records, from Baldwin, Mobile and Washington counties in the Mobile Bay, Tombigbee and Alabama River systems.  Habitat: Streams and pools (Hobbs 1989).  Conservation Status: High Conservation Concern.

Cambarellus shufeldtii.  Cajun Dwarf Crayfish.  Distribution: North America: Alabama, Arkansas, southern Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, and Tennessee (Hobbs 1989). Alabama: Known from nine database records, all from Mobile County in the Mobile Basin.  Habitat: Ditches, marshes, swamps, lakes, ponds, and sluggish streams (Hobbs 1989).  Conservation Status: Moderate Conservation Concern.

Cambarus acanthura.  Distribution: North America: Alabama, Georgia and Tennessee (Hobbs 1989). Alabama: Tennessee, Tombigbee, Black Warrior, Alabama, Cahaba, Coosa, Pascagoula, Perdido, Escambia, and Chattahoochee river systems.  Habitat: Primary and secondary burrower (Hobbs 1989)Conservation Status: Lowest Conservation Concern.

Cambarus bartonii cavatus.  Appalachian Brook Crayfish.  Distribution: North America: New Brunswick, Canada west to Kentucky and Tennessee, south to Alabama, Georgia and South Carolina and east to the Atlantic Ocean (Hobbs 1989). Alabama: Known only from two database records from the Chattahoochee River system.  Habitat: First and second order streams under rocks.  Conservation Status: Moderate Conservation Concern.

Cambarus coosae.  Distribution: North America: Restricted to the Coosa River system in Georgia and Tennessee and south into Alabama (Hobbs 1989). Alabama: Mobile, Alabama, Cahaba, and Coosa river systems.  Habitat: Streams under rocks.  Conservation Status: Lowest Conservation Concern.

Cambarus cracens.  Distribution: North America: Known only from Alabama (Hobbs 1989).  Alabama: Described from the Tennessee River system; questionable database records from the Black Warrior, Coosa and Tallapoosa river systems.  Habitat: Streams under rocks.  Conservation Status: High Conservation Concern.

Cambarus diogenes.  Devil Crawfish.  Distribution: North America: Extremely widespread; from the Rockies to southern Canada to New Jersey and throughout the Mississippi River basin (Hobbs 1989). Alabama: Known from all river systems in Alabama, except the Cahaba, Pascagoula and Perdido river systems.  Habitat: Secondary and primary burrower.  Conservation Status: Lowest Conservation Concern.

Cambarus distans.  Boxclaw Crayfish.  Distribution: North America: Cumberland and Tennessee river systems in Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky and Tennessee (Hobbs 1989). Alabama: Known only from three database records from the Tennessee River system.  Habitat: Streams under rocks.  Conservation Status: Moderate Conservation Concern.

Cambarus englishi.  Distribution: North America: Endemic to the Tallapoosa River system in Alabama and Georgia (Hobbs 1989). Alabama: Restricted to the Tallapoosa River system, and known from 16 database records.  Habitat: Streams under rocks  Conservation Status: High Conservation Concern.

Cambarus girardianus.  Distribution: North America: Tennessee River system in Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, and Tennessee; specimens from the Coosa River system in Alabama may be referable to this species (Hobbs 1989). Alabama: Known from the Tennessee River system; database records also from the Mobile, Cahaba and Coosa river systems, however, these records may represent an undescribed taxon.  Habitat: Streams under rocks.  Conservation Status: Moderate Conservation Concern.

Cambarus graysoni.  Twospot Crayfish.  Distribution: North America: Nashville Basin, Highland Rim and western edge of the Cumberland Plateau in Alabama, Kentucky and Tennessee. Alabama: Known only from six database records from the Tennessee River system.  Habitat: Streams under rocks; secondary burrower.  Conservation Status: Low Conservation Concern.

Cambarus halli.  Distribution: North America: Thought to have been endemic to the Tallapoosa River system in Alabama and Georgia (Hobbs 1989). Alabama: Known from the Tallapoosa River system; questionable database records exist from the Tennessee, Alabama, Cahaba and Coosa river systems.  Habitat: Streams under rocks.  Conservation Status: High Conservation Concern.

Cambarus hamulatus.  Distribution: North America: Tennessee River system, Alabama. Alabama: Known from 20 database records from Blount, Jackson and Marshall counties. Thought to have been restricted to caves in the Tennessee River system in Alabama; one questionable database record from the Black Warrior River system.  Habitat: Subterranean streams.  Conservation Status: High Conservation Concern.

Cambarus howardi.  Distribution: North America: Chattahoochee River system in Alabama and Georgia. Alabama: Known only from nine database records from the Chattahoochee River system.  Habitat: Streams under rocks  Conservation Status: High Conservation Concern.

Cambarus jonesi.  Alabama Cave Crayfish.  Distribution: North America: Caves in the Tennessee River system in Alabama (Hobbs 1989). Alabama: Known only from eight database records from caves in the Tennessee River system between Florence and Guntersville (Hobbs 1989).  Habitat: Subterranean streams  Conservation Status: High Conservation Concern.

Cambarus latimanus.  Distribution: North America: Alabama, Florida, Georgia and North Carolina (Hobbs 1989). Alabama: Reported from all river systems, except the Mobile, Pascagoula and Perdido river systems.  Habitat: Streams under rocks; secondary burrower.  Conservation Status: Lowest Conservation concern.

Cambarus longirostris.  Distribution. North America: Tennessee River system in Georgia, Tennessee and North Carolina and introduced into South Carolina (Hobbs 1989); also known from Alabama. Alabama: Known from a total of 18 database records from the Tennessee River system in northern Alabama, and from the Coosa River system. There may be taxonomic issues with this taxon.  Habitat: Streams under rocks.  Conservation Status: Moderate Conservation Concern.

Cambarus ludovicianus.  Painted Devil Crayfish.  Distribution: North America: Mississippi River system in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Tennessee, also known from eastern Texas (Hobbs 1989); in addition it has been reported from Alabama (Taylor et al. 1996) and Kentucky (Taylor and Schuster 2004). Alabama: Known from nine database records from the Tombigbee, Alabama and Mobile river systems in Greene, Montgomery, Pickens and Washington counties.  Habitat: Secondary and primary burrower.  Conservation Status: Moderate Conservation Concern.

Cambarus manningi.  Distribution: North America: Endemic to the Coosa River system in Alabama, Georgia and Tennessee. Alabama: Known from 11 database records from the Coosa River system.  Habitat: Streams under rocks.  Conservation Status: Low Conservation Concern.

Cambarus miltus.  Rusty Grave Digger.  Distribution: North America: Alabama and Florida (Taylor et al. 1996). Alabama: Known only from six database records from near the type locality in Baldwin County. Alabama Heritage Program has two records from Covington County; it is unknown who identified these specimens. They also indicate records from Corn Branch and Negro Creek in Baldwin County from work done by Fitzpatrick (1991). Fitzpatrick considered these possible records, since no form I males were collected to certify identification.  Habitat: Primary burrower.  Conservation Status: High Conservation Concern.

Cambarus obstipus.  Distribution: North America: Thought to have been endemic to the Black Warrior River system in Alabama (Hobbs 1989). Alabama: Black Warrior River system; in addition, database records exist for the Tombigbee, Alabama, and Cahaba river systems.  Habitat: Streams under rocks.  Conservation Status: Lowest Conservation Concern.

Cambarus rusticiformis.  Depression Crayfish.  Distribution: North America: Cumberland and Green rivers in Kentucky and Tennessee and Ohio River in southern Illinois (Hobbs 1989); one record from the Tennessee River system in Alabama. Alabama: Known only from a single record from the Paint Rock River drainage within the Tennessee River system. Bouchard considered this record to be a possible introduction.  Habitat: Streams in depressions under rocks.  Conservation Status: Moderate Conservation Concern.

Cambarus scotti.  Distribution: North America: Endemic to the upper Coosa River system in Alabama and the Chattooga River system in Georgia (Hobbs 1989). Alabama: Known only from nine database records all from the upper Coosa River system (Chattooga River).  Habitat: Streams under rocks.  Conservation Status: High Conservation Concern.

Cambarus striatus.  Ambiguous Crayfish.  Distribution: North America: Florida, Georgia, South Carolina westward to Mississippi and north to Kentucky (Hobbs 1989). Alabama: Known from the Tennessee, Mobile, Tombigbee, Black Warrior, Cahaba, Coosa, Tallapoosa, Escambia, and Chattahoochee river systems.  Habitat: Streams under rocks; also can be primary or secondary burrower.  Conservation Status: Lowest Conservation Concern

Cambarus tenebrosus.  Cavespring Crayfish.  Distribution: North America: From Illinois south to Alabama (Hobbs 1989). Alabama: Known only from the Tennessee River system.  Habitat: Cool water springs and streams under rocks; often found in caves.  Conservation Status:Lowest Conservation Concern

Cambarus unestami.  Distribution: North America: Tennessee River system in Georgia and Alabama; also known from the Little River system of the upper Coosa River in Georgia (Hobbs 1989). Alabama: Known only from two database records from the Tennessee River system in Jackson County, Alabama.  Habitat: Streams under rocks.  Conservation Status: High Conservation Concern.

Cambarus veitchorum.  White Spring Cave Crayfish.  Distribution: North America: Only known from Alabama. Alabama: Endemic to White Spring Cave, Tennessee River system, Limestone County, Alabama (Cooper and Cooper 1997a).  Habitat: Subterranean streams.  Conservation Status: High Conservation Concern.

Cambarus sp. A.  Distribution: North America: Jezerinac (1993) indicated that this undescribed species ranged from southern Michigan, western Ohio, Indiana, most of Illinois, western Kentucky west to eastern Missouri and south to the Gulf of Mexico in Mississippi, Alabama and far western Florida. Alabama: It is unclear what the exact distribution of this species is in Alabama.  Habitat: Secondary and primary burrower.  Conservation Status: Moderate Conservation Concern.

Fallicambarus burrisi.  Distribution: North America: Chickasawhay and Escatawpa river systems in Alabama and Mississippi. Alabama: Known only from two database records from the Escatawpa River system in southwestern Alabama.  Habitat: Primary burrower in Sarracenia bogs.  Conservation Status: High Conservation Concern.

Fallicambarus byersi.  Lavender Burrowing Crayfish.  Distribution: North America: Okaloosa County, Florida, west to Bay St. Louis, Hancock County Mississippi. Alabama: Known from 17 database records from the Tombigbee, Alabama, Pascagoula, and Escatawpa river systems.  Habitat: Primary Burrower.  Conservation Status: Moderate Conservation Concern.

Fallicambarus danielae.  Distribution: North America: Known only southern Mississippi and southwestern Alabama. Alabama: Known from only four database records from the Mobile and Pascagoula river systems.  Habitat: Primary burrower.  Conservation Status: High Conservation Concern.

Fallicambarus fodiens; Digger Crayfish.  Distribution: North America: Southern Ontario, Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois south to Arkansas, Mississippi, and Alabama (Hobbs 1989). Alabama: Known from 17 database records from the Tennessee, Tombigbee and Alabama river systems.  Habitat: Primary and secondary burrower.  Conservation Status: Lowest Conservation Concern.

Fallicambarus oryktes.  Distribution: North America: Southern Louisiana to southern Alabama (Hobbs 1989). Alabama: Known only from three database records from Baldwin and Mobile counties.  Habitat: Primary burrower.  Conservation Status: High Conservation Concern.

Faxonella clypeata.  Ditch Fencing Crayfish.  Distribution: North America: Okalahoma and Texas east to Florida and north to South Carolina. Alabama: Known from 17 database records from the Mobile, Tombigbee, Alabama, Tallapoosa, Pascagoula, Escatawpa, Choctawhatchee, and Chattahoochee river systems (Hobbs 1989).  Habitat: Slow streams, marshes, swamps and ditches; tertiary burrower.  Conservation Status: Lowest Conservation Concern.

Hobbseus prominens.  Distribution: North America: Mobile River Basin in Alabama; northern Mississippi (Hobbs 1989). Alabama: Known from18 database records from the Tombigbee, Black Warrior, Alabama and Cahaba river systems.  Habitat: Secondary burrower in both lentic and lotic environments (Hobbs 1989).  Conservation Status: Moderate Conservation Concern.

Orconectes alabamensis.  Distribution: North America: Tennessee River system in western Tennessee and northern Alabama. Alabama: Restricted to the Shoal Creek system in Lauderdale County, Alabama. Habitat: Streams under rocks.  Conservation Status: High Conservation Concern.

Orconectes australis australis.  Distribution: North America: Caves in southeastern Kentucky to western Tennessee and northern Alabama (Hobbs 1989). Alabama: Known only from caves in the Tennessee River system in Jackson and Madison counties (Hobbs 1989). Habitat: Subterranean streams.  Conservation Status:  Moderate Conservation Concern.

Orconectes chickasawae.  Distribution: North America: Hobbs (1989) reported it only from the western tributaries of the Tombigbee River in Mississippi. Alabama: There is a single record of the species in the Illinois Natural History Survey database from the Tombigbee River system; another more questionable record from the University of Alabama database is from the Cahaba River system. Habitat: Lentic and slow lotic environments (Hobbs 1989).  Conservation Status: High Conservation Concern.

Orconectes compressus; Slender Crayfish.  Distribution: North America: Tennessee River system in Alabama, Mississippi and western Tennessee; Cumberland River system in Kentucky and Tennessee; Barren River system in Kentucky and Tennessee. Alabama: Known only from tributaries to the Tennessee River system in northern Alabama.Habitat: Streams under rocks and gravel.  Conservation Status. Low Conservation Concern.

Orconectes cooperi.  Distribution: North America: Endemic to the Flint River system in northern Alabama and western Tennessee (Hobbs 1989). Alabama: Flint River system in Madison County, Alabama. Habitat: Streams.  Conservation Status: High Conservation Concern.

Orconectes erichsonianus.  Distribution: North America: Tennessee, Elk and Coosa river systems in northern Alabama, northwestern Georgia, eastern Tennessee, and southwestern Virginia (Hobbs 1989). Alabama: Known from the Tennessee, Mobile, Black Warrior, Alabama, Cahaba, Coosa and Tallapoosa river systems.  Habitat: Streams under rocks.  Conservation Status: Lowest Consevation Consern.

Orconectes forceps.  Distribution: North America: Tennessee River system from southwestern Virginia to Wayne County, Tennessee (Hobbs 1989), and northern Alabama. Alabama: Known from the tributaries of the Tennessee River; one questionable record from the University of Alabama database from the Mobile River system.  Habitat: Streams under rocks.  Conservation Status: Low Conservation Concern.

Orconectes holti.  Distribution: North America: Alabama River system, Alabama. Alabama: Known only from tributaries of the Alabama River in Dallas, Lowndes, Montgomery, Perry, and Wilcox counties, Alabama (Hobbs 1989).  Habitat: Streams.  Conservation Status: High Conservation Concern.

Orconectes jonesi.  Distribution: North America: Sucarnoochee River system of Alabama and Mississippi. Alabama: Sucarnoochee River drainage in Sumter County.  Habitat: Streams.  Conservation Status: High Conservation Concern.

Orconectes lancifer; Shrimp Crayfish.  Distribution: North America: Gulf coastal plain and Mississippi River embayment from eastern Texas to Mississippi north to Missouri, Kentucky and Illinois (Hobbs 1989); and Alabama. Alabama: Database records from the National Museum of Natural History from the Alabama River system.  Habitat: Slow streams and lotic environments.  Conservation Status:  Moderate Conservation Concern.

Orconectes mirus.  Distribution: North America: Northern tributaries of the Tennessee River in western Tennessee and northern Alabama. Alabama: Tennessee River system in northern Alabama.  Habitat: Streams under rocks.  Conservation Status: Low Conservation Concern.

Orconectes mississippiensis.  Distribution: North America: Tributaries of the Tombigbee River in Mississippi (Hobbs 1989), and Alabama. Alabama: Database records indicate it occurs in the Tombigbee and Black Warrior river systems, with one questionable Illinois Natural History Survey record from the Tennessee River system.  Habitat: Streams.  Conservation Status: High Conservation Concern.

Orconectes perfectus.  Distribution: North America: Tombigbee and lower Alabama river systems in Alabama and Mississippi (Hobbs 1989). Alabama: Tombigbee, Black Warrior and Alabama river systems.  Habitat: Streams under rocks.  Conservation Status:  Lowest Conservation Concern.

Orconectes placidus; Bigclaw Crayfish.  Distribution: North America: Lower Ohio, Cumberland, Duck and Tennessee river systems in northern Alabama, Illinois, Kentucky and Tennessee. Alabama: Known only from the Tennessee River system in northern Alabama.  Habitat: Streams under rocks.  Conservation Status: Low Conservation Concern.

Orconectes putnami.  Distribution: North America: Taylor (2000) defined the range as being disjunct with populations in the middle and upper Green River system and middle and upper Cumberland River system in Kentucky and Tennessee, in the western Highland Rim of the Tennessee River system of western Tennessee and northern Alabama. Alabama: Known only from the Tennessee River system in northern Alabama.  Habitat: Streams under rocks.  Conservation Status: Low Conservation Concern.

Orconectes sheltae.  Distribution: North America: Endemic to Shelta Cave, Alabama. Alabama: Known only from Shelta Cave, Madison County, Alabama.  Habitat: Subterranean streams.  Conservation Status: Highest Conservation Concern..

Orconectes spinosus.  Distribution: North America: Taylor (2000) defined the range as being restricted to the upper Coosa River system. His distribution map included localities in Georgia and Tennessee. Alabama: According to an Illinois Natural History Survey record it also is found in the upper Coosa River system in Alabama.  Habitat: Streams under rocks.  Conservation Status:  Moderate Conservation Concern.

Orconectes validus.  Distribution: North America: Tennessee and Black Warrior systems in northern Alabama and western Tennessee (Hobbs 1989). Alabama: Known from the Tennessee, Tombigbee, Black Warrior and Alabama river systems.  Habitat: Streams.  Conservation Status:  Lowest Conservation Concern.

Procambarus acutissimus.  Distribution: North America: Chattahoochee River system in Georgia west to the Tombigbee River system in Mississippi (Hobbs 1989). Alabama: Known from all river systems in the state with the exception of the Mobile, Perdido, Choctawhatchee, and Chattahoochee river systems.  Habitat: Slow streams, pools and roadside ditches.  Conservation Status:  Lowest Conservation Concern.

Procambarus acutus acutus; White River Crawfish.  Distribution: North America: From Maine to the Florida panhandle west to Texas, and north to Minnesota (Hobbs 1989). Alabama: Known from all river systems in the state with the exception of the Cahaba, Tallapoosa, Perdido and Chattahoochee river systems.  Habitat: Slow streams and lentic environments.  Conservation Status:  Lowest Conservation Concern.

Procambarus bivittatus; Ribbon Crayfish.  Distribution: North America: From the Escambia River system in Florida west to the Pearl River in Mississippi and Louisiana (Hobbs 1989). Alabama: Known from the Mobile, Tombigbee and Alabama river systems.  Habitat: Streams and sloughs.  Conservation Status:  Moderate Conservation Concern.

Procambarus capillatus.  Distribution: North America: Escambia River system in Alabama and Florida (Hobbs 1989). Alabama: Known only from the Escambia River system.  Habitat: Lentic environments; secondary burrower.  Conservation Status: High Conservation Concern..

Procambarus clarkii; Red Swamp Crawfish.  Distribution: North America: Widespread from northern Mexico east to the panhandle of Florida, and north to Illinois and Ohio (Hobbs 1989). Alabama: Known from the Tennessee, Mobile, Black Warrior, Cahaba, Coosa, Tallapoosa, and Escambia river systems.  Habitat: Lentic and lotic environments; tertiary burrower.  Conservation Status:  Lowest Conservation Concern.

Procambarus clemmeri.  Distribution: North America: Pearl River system in southern Mississippi east to the Escatawpa River system in southern Alabama (Hobbs 1989). Alabama: Known from the Escatawpa River system (Pascagoula River); University of Alabama and Illinois Natural History Survey databases also include records from the Mobile and Escambia river systems.  Habitat: Streams.  Conservation Status: Moderate Conservation Concern.

Procambarus escambiensis.  Distribution:  North America: Escambia River system in Alabama (Hobbs 1989). Alabama: Restricted to the Escambia River system, Escambia County, Alabama.  Habitat: Temporarily flooded woodlands and floodplains; secondary burrower.  Conservation Status: High Conservation Concern.

Procambarus evermanni.  Distribution:  North America: Escambia River system in Alabama and Yellow River system in Florida west to the Pearl River system in Mississippi. Alabama: Known from Escambia County; additional database records include the Mobile and Alabama river systems.  Habitat: Slow streams.  Conservation Status:  Moderate Conservation Concern.

Procambarus hagenianus hagenianus; Southeastern Prairie Crayfish.  Distribution:  North America: According to Fitzpatrick (1978b) this subspecies is in the Tombigbee river system in Lowndes, Noxubee and Oktibbeha counties in Mississippi, and Marengo, Pickens and Sumter counties in Alabama. Alabama: Known only from the Tombigbee River system in Marengo, Pickens and Sumter counties.  Habitat: Primary burrower.  Conservation Status: High Conservation Concern.

Procambarus hayi.  Distribution:  North America: Tombigbee River system in Alabama, Tallahatchie River system in Mississippi, and the Hatchie River system in Tennessee (Hobbs 1989). Alabama: Known only from the Tombigbee River system.  Habitat: Slow streams and lentic environments.  Conservation Status:  Moderate Conservation Concern.

Procambarus hubbelli.  Distribution:  North America: Choctawhatchee and Yellow River systems in Alabama and Florida (Hobbs 1989). Alabama: Known only from the Yellow River system.  Habitat: Lentic environments; secondary burrower.  Conservation Status:  Moderate Conservation Concern.

Procambarus hybus.  Distribution:  North America: Lower Alabama and Tombigbee river systems in Alabama and Mississippi, and the Yalabusha River system in Mississippi (Hobbs 1989). Alabama: Known from the Tombigbee, Black Warrior and Alabama river systems.  Habitat: Lentic environments; secondary burrower.  Conservation Status:  Lowest Conservation Concern.

Procambarus lagniappe; Lagniappe Crayfish.  Distribution:  North America: Tombigbee River system in Mississippi (Hobbs 1989), and in Alabama. Alabama: Known only from Sucarnoochee River system of the Tombigbee River, Sumter County, Alabama (Hartfield 1992).  Habitat: Streams.  Conservation Status: High Conservation Concern.

Procambarus lecontei; Mobile Crayfish.  Distribution:  North America: Pascagoula and Mobile river systems in Alabama and Mississippi (Hobbs 1989). Alabama: Known from the Mobile, lower Tombigbee and Pascagoula river systems.  Habitat: Streams.  Conservation Status:  Moderate Conservation Concern.

Procambarus lewisi.  Distribution:  North America: Known from Barbour, Bulloch, Lowndes, Macon, Montgomery, and Russell counties Alabama (Hobbs 1989). Alabama: Collections are known from the Alabama and Choctawhatchee river systems.  Habitat: Slow streams and ditches. Conservation Status: High Conservation Concern.

Procambarus lophotus.  Distribution:  North America: Alabama River system in Alabama and Georgia, and the Tennessee River system in Georgia and Tennessee (Hobbs 1989). Alabama: Records are known from the Tennessee, Tombigbee, Black Warrior, Alabama, Coosa, Tallapoosa, Escambia and Choctawhatchee river systems.  Habitat: Lentic and lotic environments; tertiary burrower.  Conservation Status:  Lowest Conservation Concern.

Procambarus marthae.  Distribution:  North America: Known from the Alabama River system in Alabama (Hobbs 1989). Alabama: Records are known from the Black Warrior, Cahaba and Alabama river systems.  Habitat: Lentic and slow moving lotic environments.  Conservation Status:  Moderate Conservation Concern.

Procambarus okaloosae.  Distribution:  North America: Perdido, Escambia and Yellow river systems in Alabama and Florida. Alabama: Known from the Escambia and Yellow river systems.  Habitat: Lentic and lotic environments.  Conservation Status:  Moderate Conservation Concern.

Procambarus paeninsulanus.  Distribution:  North America: Southern Georgia, Florida (Hobbs 1989), and southeastern Alabama. Alabama: Known from the Chattahoochee River system.  Habitat: Lentic and lotic environment, and rarely in caves; tertiary burrower (Hobbs 1989).  Conservation Status:  Moderate Conservation Concern.

Procambarus pecki; Phantom Cave Crayfish.  Distribution:  North America: Tennessee River system in northern Alabama. Alabama: Known from caves in Colbert, Lauderdale and Morgan counties.  Habitat: Subterranean streams.  Conservation Status: High Conservation Concern..

Procambarus shermani.  Distribution:  North America: Escambia River system in Florida west to the Pearl River system in Mississippi (Hobbs 1989). Alabama: Known from the Mobile, Tombigbee, Alabama and Pascagoula river systems.  Habitat: Streams and sloughs; secondary burrower.Conservation Status.  Habitat: Moderate Conservation Concern.

Procambarus spiculifer.  Distribution:  North America: Georgia south to Florida, and west to the Mobile and Alabama River systems in Alabama (Hobbs 1989). Alabama: Known from every river system in Alabama, with the exception of the Tennessee and Escatawpa river systems.  Habitat: Streams.  Conservation Status:  Lowest Conservation Concern.

Procambarus suttkusi.  Distribution:  North America: Choctawhatchee River system in Alabama and Florida (Hobbs 1989), and Chattahoochee River system in Alabama. Alabama: Known from the Choctawhatchee and Chattahoochee river systems.  Habitat: Streams.  Conservation Status:  Moderate Conservation Concern.

Procambarus verrucosus.  Distribution:  North America: Southeastern Alabama between the Alabama and Chattahoochee river systems (Hobbs 1989). Alabama: Known from the Alabama, Tallapoosa, Escambia and Chattahoochee river systems.  Habitat: Streams.Conservation Status. Lowest Conservation Concern.

Procambarus versutus.  Distribution: North America: Mobile River system east to the Chattahoochee River system in Alabama, Florida and Georgia (Hobbs 1989). Alabama: Known from every river system in Alabama, with the exception of the Tennessee River system.  Habitat: Streams.  Conservation Status: Lowest Conservation Concern..

Procambarus viaeviridis.  Distribution: North America: Southern Illinois south to Arkansas and Louisiana, and east to Alabama (Hobbs 1989). Alabama: Reported only from the Tennessee River system in northern Alabama.  Habitat: Slow streams and lentic environments.  Conservation Status: Moderate Conservation Concern..

Procambarus vioscai paynei.  Distribution: North America: East of the Mississippi River from the Wolfe River in Tennessee to the Tombigbee River system in Alabama, south and west to the Pascagoula, Bogue Chitto and Homochitto river systems in Mississippi (Fitzpatrick 1990). Alabama: Reported from the Tombigbee and Black Warrior river systems.  Habitat: Streams. Conservation Status: Moderate Conservation Concern..

Procambarus zonangulus.  Distribution: North America: The exact range of this species is not clearly understood. Hobbs and Hobbs (1990) in their description of this species reported it only from southeastern Texas. Taylor et al. (1996) reported it from Alabama,