Orconectes alabamensis

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
  1. ^ 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. 
  2. ^ 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. 
  3. ^ 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.