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Cambarus loughmani, a new species of crayfish (Decapoda: Cambaridae) endemic to the pre-glacial Teays River Valley in West Virginia, USA

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Pages 2875-2897 | Received 24 Apr 2018, Accepted 02 Dec 2018, Published online: 17 Jan 2019

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