Orconectes

Orconectes
Orconectes limosus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Family: Cambaridae
Genus: Orconectes
Cope, 1872
Type species
Orconectes inermis Cope, 1872
Subgenera
  • Billecambarus
  • Buannulifictus
  • Crockerinus
  • Faxonius
  • Gremicambarus
  • Hespericambarus
  • Orconectes
  • Procericambarus
  • Rhoadesius
  • Tragulicambarus
  • Trisellescens

Orconectes is a genus of freshwater crayfish, native to the eastern United States and Canada. It includes the rusty crayfish, an invasive species in North America, and Orconectes limosus, an invasive species in Europe.

Taxonomy

The genus Orconectes was erected in 1872 by Edward Drinker Cope to house Astacus pellucidus (now Orconectes pellucidus) and his new species, Orconectes inermis.[1]

Approximately 85 species are known, divided into 11 subgenera.[2]

Scientific name Common name Red List status[3] Distribution Authority Year Subgenus
O. acares redspotted stream crayfish Arkansas Fitzpatrick 1965 Procericambarus
O. alabamensis Alabama crayfish Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee (Faxon) 1884 Trisellescens
O. australis cave crayfish Alabama, Tennessee (Rhoades) 1941 Orconectes
O. barrenensis Barren River crayfish Kentucky, Tennessee Rhoades 1944 Procericambarus
O. barri Cumberland Plateau crayfish Kentucky, Tennessee Buhay & Crandall 2008 Orconectes
O. bisectus Crittenden crayfish Kentucky Rhoades 1944 Crockerinus
O. burri Blood River crayfish Kentucky, Tennessee Taylor & Sabaj 1998 Crockerinus
O. carolinensis North Carolina spiny crayfish North Carolina Cooper & Cooper 1995 Procericambarus
O. causeyi western plains crayfish Arkansas, Colorado, Kansas, Missouri, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas Jester 1967 Gremicambarus
O. chickasawae Chickasaw crayfish Mississippi Cooper & Hobbs 1980 Trisellescens
O. compressus slender crayfish Alabama, Kentucky, Mississippi, Tennessee (Faxon) 1884 Gremicambarus
O. cooperi Flint River crayfish Alabama, Tennessee Cooper & Hobbs 1980 Trisellescens
O. cristavarius spiny stream crayfish Kentucky, North Carolina, Virginia Taylor 2000 Procericambarus
O. deanae conchas crayfish New Mexico, Oklahoma Reimer & Jester 1975 Hespericambarus
O. difficilis painted crayfish Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Texas (Faxon) 1898 Hespericambarus
O. durelli saddle crayfish Kentucky, Tennessee Bouchard & Bouchard 1995 Procericambarus
O. erichsonianus reticulate crayfish Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee, Virginia (Faxon) 1898 Crockerinus
O. etnieri Ets crayfish Mississippi, Tennessee Bouchard & Bouchard 1976 Trisellescens
O. eupunctus coldwater crayfish Arkansas, Missouri Williams 1952 Crockerinus
O. forceps surgeon crayfish Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee, Virginia (Faxon) 1884 Procericambarus
O. harrisonii belted crayfish Missouri (Faxon) 1884 Billecambarus
O. hartfieldi Yazoo crayfish Mississippi Fitzpatrick & Suttkus 1992 Hespericambarus
O. hathawayi Teche pointed crayfish Louisiana Penn 1952 Hespericambarus
O. hobbsi Pontchartrain painted crayfish Louisiana, Mississippi Penn 1950 Buannulifictus
O. holti bimaculate crayfish Alabama Cooper & Hobbs 1980 Trisellescens
O. hylas woodland crayfish Missouri (Faxon) 1890 Procericambarus
O. illinoiensis Shawnee crayfish Illinois Brown 1956 Crockerinus
O. immunis calico crayfish Canada, United States, introduced to Germany (Hagen) 1870 Trisellescens
O. incomptus Tennessee cave crayfish Tennessee Hobbs & Barr 1972 Orconectes
O. indianensis Indiana crayfish Illinois, Indiana (Hay) 1896 Faxonius
O. inermis ghost crayfish / unarmed crayfish Indiana, Kentucky Cope 1872 Orconectes
O. jeffersoni Louisville crayfish Kentucky Rhoades 1944 Crockerinus
O. jonesi Sucarnoochee crayfish Alabama, Mississippi Fitzpatrick 1992 Gremicambarus
O. juvenilis Kentucky River crayfish Indiana, Kentucky (Hagen) 1870 Procericambarus
O. kentuckiensis Kentucky crayfish Illinois, Kentucky Rhoades 1944 Rhoadesius
O. lancifer shrimp crayfish Arkansas, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Missouri, Mississippi, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas (Hagen) 1870 Tragulicambarus
O. leptogonopodus Little River Creek crayfish Arkansas, Oklahoma Hobbs 1948 Procericambarus
O. limosus spinycheek crayfish Eastern United States, introduced to Western Europe (Rafinesque) 1817 Faxonius
O. longidigitus longpincered crayfish Arkansas, Missouri (Faxon) 1898 Procericambarus
O. luteus golden crayfish Arkansas, Iowa, Illinois, Kansas, Missouri, Wisconsin (Creaser) 1933 Procericambarus
O. macrus Neosho midget crayfish Arkansas, Missouri, Kansas Williams 1952 Procericambarus
O. maletae Kisatchie painted crayfish Louisiana, Texas Walls 1972 Hespericambarus
O. marchandi Mammoth Spring crayfish Arkansas, Missouri Hobbs 1948 Crockerinus
O. margorectus Livingston crayfish Kentucky Taylor 2002 Crockerinus
O. medius saddlebacked crayfish Missouri (Faxon) 1884 Procericambarus
O. meeki Meek's crayfish Arkansas, Missouri, Oklahoma (Faxon) 1898 Buannulifictus
O. menae Mena crayfish Arkansas, Oklahoma (Creaser) 1933 Procericambarus
O. mirus wonderful crayfish Alabama, Tennessee (Ortmann) 1931 Procericambarus
O. mississippiensis Mississippi crayfish Mississippi (Faxon) 1884 Trisellescens
O. nais water nymph crayfish Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas (Faxon) 1885 Gremicambarus
O. nana midget crayfish Arkansas, Oklahoma Williams 1952 Procericambarus
O. neglectus ringed crayfish Arkansas, Colorado, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma (Faxon) 1885 Procericambarus
O. obscurus Allegheny crayfish Ontario, Maryland, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia (Hagen) 1870 Crockerinus
O. ozarkae Ozark crayfish Arkansas, Missouri Williams 1952 Procericambarus
O. packardi cave crayfish Kentucky Rhoades 1944 Orconectes
O. pagei mottled crayfish Tennessee Taylor & Sabaj 1997 Orconectes
O. palmeri gray-speckled crayfish Arkansas, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Missouri, Mississippi, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas (Faxon) 1884 Buannulifictus
O. pardalotus leopard crayfish Illinois Wetzel, Poly & Fetzner 2005 Procericambarus
O. pellucidus Mammoth Cave crayfish Kentucky, Tennessee (Tellkampf) 1844 Orconectes
O. perfectus complete crayfish Alabama, Mississippi Walls 1972 Hespericambarus
O. peruncus Big Creek crayfish Missouri (Creaser) 1931 Procericambarus
O. placidus bigclaw crayfish Alabama, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee (Hagen) 1870 Procericambarus
O. propinquus northern clearwater crayfish Canada, Eastern United States (Girard) 1852 Crockerinus
O. punctimanus spothanded crayfish Arkansas, Missouri (Creaser) 1933 Procericambarus
O. putnami phallic crayfish Indiana, Kentucky, Tennessee (Faxon) 1884 Procericambarus
O. quadruncus St. Francis River crayfish Missouri (Creaser) 1933 Procericambarus
O. quinebaugensis Quinebaug River crayfish Massachusetts Matthews & Warren 2008 Gremicambarus
O. rafinesquei Rough River crayfish Kentucky Rhoades 1944 Crockerinus
O. raymondi Norwood River crayfish Ohio Thoma & Stocker 2009 Procericambarus
O. rhoadesi fishhook crayfish Tennessee Hobbs 1949 Trisellescens
O. ronaldi Mud River crayfish Kentucky Taylor 2000 Procericambarus
O. rusticus rusty crayfish Canada, United States (Girard) 1852 Procericambarus
O. sanbornii Sanborn's crayfish Kentucky, Ohio, West Virginia (Faxon) 1884 Crockerinus
O. saxatilis Kiamichi crayfish Oklahoma Bouchard & Bouchard 1976 Procericambarus
O. sheltae Shelta cave crayfish Alabama Cooper & Cooper 1997 Orconectes
O. shoupi Nashville crayfish Tennessee Hobbs 1948 Crockerinus
O. sloanii Sloan crayfish Indiana, Ohio (Bundy) 1876 Rhoadesius
O. spinosus Coona River spiny crayfish Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee (Bundy) 1877 Procericambarus
O. stannardi Little Wabash crayfish Illinois Page 1985 Crockerinus
O. stygocaneyi Caney Mountain cave crayfish Missouri Hobbs III 2001 Orconectes
O. taylori crescent crayfish Tennessee Schuster 2008 Trisellescens
O. theaphionensis sinkhole crayfish Indiana Simon, Timm & Morris 2005 Procericambarus
O. tricuspis western highland crayfish Kentucky Rhoades 1944 Crockerinus
O. validus powerful crayfish Alabama, Tennessee (Faxon) 1914 Trisellescens
O. virginiensis Chowanoke crayfish North Carolina, Virginia Hobbs 1951 Crockerinus
O. virilis virile crayfish Canada, United States, introduced to Mexico and Europe (Hagen) 1870 Gremicambarus
O. williamsi Williams crayfish Arkansas, Missouri Fitzpatrick 1966 Procericambarus
O. wrighti Hardin crayfish Tennessee Hobbs 1948 Faxonius

References

  1. ↑ Keith A. Crandall, James W. Fetzner, Jr. & Horton H. Hobbs, Jr. (2001). "Orconectes Cope, 1872". Tree of Life Web Project.
  2. ↑ James W. Fetzner, Jr. (January 14, 2008). "Orconectes". The Crayfish and Lobster Taxonomy Browser. Carnegie Museum of Natural History.
  3. ↑ "Search". IUCN Red List. IUCN. Retrieved October 8, 2010.
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