Biology:Faxonius alabamensis

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Faxonius alabamensis

Secure (NatureServe)[2]
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Family: Cambaridae
Genus: Faxonius
Species:
F. alabamensis
Binomial name
Faxonius alabamensis
(Faxon, 1884)
Synonyms[3]
  • Cambarus alabamensis Faxon, 1884
  • Orconectes alabamensis (Faxon, 1884)

Faxonius alabamensis,[4] the Alabama crayfish, is a species of freshwater crayfish that lives in Alabama, Mississippi and Tennessee .[2]

Description

The largest individuals of Faxonius 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).[5]

Distribution

Faxonius 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

Faxonius alabamensis is listed as a species of Least Concern on the IUCN Red List.[1] Under the NatureServe system used by The Nature Conservancy, F. alabamensis is classified as G5: "secure".[2][6]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 G. A. Schuster; S. Adams; C. A. Taylor (2010). "Orconectes alabamensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010: e.T153953A4568377. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T153953A4568377.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/153953/4568377. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Faxonius alabamensis" (in en). NatureServe. https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.113805/Faxonius_alabamensis. 
  3. "Faxonius alabamensis". Species. GBIF. http://www.gbif.org/species/9015147. 
  4. Keith A Crandall; Sammy De Grave (September 2017). "An updated classification of the freshwater crayfishes (Decapoda: Astacidea) of the world, with a complete species list". Journal of Crustacean Biology 37 (5): 615–653. doi:10.1093/jcbiol/rux070. 
  5. 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". Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 320 (320): 1–44. doi:10.5479/si.00810282.320. http://si-pddr.si.edu/jspui/bitstream/10088/5486/1/SCtZ-0320-Hi_res.pdf. 
  6. Christopher A. Taylor; Guenter A. Schuster; John E. Cooper; Robert J. DiStefano; Arnold G. Eversole; Premek Hamr; Horton H. Hobbs III; Henry W. Robison et al. (2007). "A reassessment of the conservation status of crayfishes of the United States and Canada after 10+ years of increased awareness". Fisheries 32 (8): 372–389. doi:10.1577/1548-8446(2007)32[372:arotcs2.0.co;2]. http://www.nbii.gov/images/uploaded/156004_1193853521569_Fisheries_-_Crayfish_Conservation_2007.pdf. 

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