Spinywrist Crayfish discovered

Say hello to the Spinywrist Crayfish, a new species discovered by Chris Taylor (INHS), Cody Rhoden (INHS), and Guenter Schuster! Its coloration is extremely variable across its geographic range — the lower Tennessee River drainage of south-central Tennessee and northern Alabama.

The journal article was published in Zootaxa.

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