Faxonius alabamensis
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| Orconectes alabamensis (Faxon, 1884)
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Orconectes alabamensis, the Alabama crayfish, is a species of freshwater crayfish that lives in Alabama, Mississippi and Tennessee.
Description
The largest individuals of Orconectes alabamensis reach a carapace length of 35 millimeters (1.4 in), while the smallest adults have a carapace length of only 14.6 mm (0.57 in).[2]
Distribution
Orconectes alabamensis is endemic to the Tennessee River drainage basin, with a range extending from Shoal Creek (Lawrence County and Hardin County, Tennessee) to Lauderdale County, Alabama.[1]
Status
Orconetes alabamensis is listed as a species of Least Concern on the IUCN Red List.[1] Under the NatureServe system used by The Nature Conservancy, O. alabamensis is classified as G5: "secure".[3]
References
- ^ a b c Template:IUCN2010
- ^ Martha R. Cooper; Horton H. Hobbs Jr. (1980). "New and little-known crayfishes of the virilis section of genus Orconectes (Decapoda: Cambaridae) from the Southeastern United States" (PDF). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 320: 1–44. doi:10.5479/si.00810282.320.
{{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter|last-author-amp=ignored (|name-list-style=suggested) (help) - ^ Christopher A . Taylor; Guenter A. Schuster; John E. Cooper; Robert J. DiStefano; Arnold G. E versole; Premek Hamr; Horton H . Hobbs III; Henry W. Robison; Christopher E. Skelton; Roger F. Thoma (2007). "A reassessment of the conservation status of crayfishes of the United States and Canada after 10+ years of increased awareness" (PDF). Fisheries. 32 (8). American Fisheries Society: 372–389. doi:10.1577/1548-8446(2007)32[372:arotcs]2.0.co;2.
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