Kingdom Animalia Subphylum Crustacea Family Cambaridae Scientific name Bouchardina Rank Genus | Phylum Arthropoda Order Decapoda Species B. robisoni Higher classification Cambaridae | |
Similar Cambaridae, Crustacean, Decapoda, Fallicambarus, Malacostraca | ||
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. 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 and by NatureServe as G2 (Imperiled) and by the American Fisheries Society as Vulnerable.
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) and only a few specimens had been collected since 1977.