Orconectes alabamensis
| Orconectes alabamensis | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Crustacea |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Family: | Cambaridae |
| Genus: | Orconectes |
| Species: | O. alabamensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Orconectes alabamensis (Faxon, 1884) | |
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
| External identifiers for Orconectes alabamensis | |
|---|---|
| Encyclopedia of Life | 128530 |
| ITIS | 97427 |
| NCBI | 306168 |
| Also found in: ToLweb, CMNH | |
- 1 2 3 G. A. Schuster, S. Adams & C. A. Taylor (2010). "Orconectes alabamensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 3.1. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved August 1, 2011.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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 (American Fisheries Society) 32 (8): 372–389. doi:10.1577/1548-8446(2007)32[372:arotcs]2.0.co;2.
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