- Orconectes alabamensis
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Orconectes alabamensis Conservation status 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.
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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 EOL 128530 ITIS 97427 NCBI 306168 Also found in: ToLweb, CMNH - ^ a b c 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. http://www.iucnredlist.org/apps/redlist/details/153953. 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. http://si-pddr.si.edu/jspui/bitstream/10088/5486/1/SCtZ-0320-Hi_res.pdf.
- ^ 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. http://www.nbii.gov/images/uploaded/156004_1193853521569_Fisheries_-_Crayfish_Conservation_2007.pdf.
Categories:- IUCN Red List least concern species
- Cambaridae
- Freshwater crustaceans of North America
- Fauna of the Southeastern United States
- Endemic fauna of the United States
- NatureServe Secure species
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