Biology:Faxonius erichsonianus

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Short description: Species of crayfish

Reticulate crayfish
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Reticulate Crayfish, Tennessee

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Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Family: Cambaridae
Genus: Faxonius
Species:
F. erichsonianus
Binomial name
Faxonius erichsonianus
(Faxon, 1898)[3][4]
Synonyms[3]
  • Orconectes erichsonianus Faxon, 1898
  • Cambarus spinosus gulielmi Faxon, 1914

Faxonius erichsonianus [3] is a species in the family Cambaridae ("crayfishes"), in the order Decapoda ("crabs, crayfishes, lobsters, prawns, and shrimp"). A common name for Faxonius erichsonianus is reticulate crayfish.[5] Faxonius erichsonianus is found in the south eastern United States of America.[2][4]

The IUCN conservation status of Faxonius erichsonianus is "LC", least concern, with no immediate threat to the species' survival.[1]

References

  • Williams, Austin B., Lawrence G. Abele, D. L. Felder, H. H. Hobbs Jr., R. B. Manning, et al. (1989). Common and Scientific Names of Aquatic Invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Decapod Crustaceans. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 17, 77.
  • Hobbs Jr., Horton H. (1989). An Illustrated Checklist of the American Crayfishes (Decapoda: Astacidae, Cambaridae, and Parastacidae). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, no. 480, iii + 236.

Wikidata ☰ Q107078096 entry