Orconectes saxatilis

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Overview

Critically Endangered

Common Names

Description

Habitat

Biome: Freshwater

Taxonomy

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 31-May-2005

Similar Species

Members of the genus Orconectes

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 98 species and subspecies in this genus:

O. acares · O. alabamensis · O. australis · O. australis australis · O. australis packardi · O. barrenensis (Barren River Crayfish) · O. bisectus (Crittenden Crayfish) · O. blacki (Calcasieu Crayfish) · O. burri (Burr Crayfish) · O. carolinensis (North Carolina Spiny Crayfish) · O. causeyi · O. chickasawae · O. compressus (Slender Crayfish) · O. cooperi (Flint River Crayfish) · O. cristavarius (Spiny Stream Crayfish) · O. deanae (Conchas Crayfish) · O. difficilis (Painted Crayfish) · O. durelli (Saddle Crayfish) · O. erichsonianus · O. etnieri · O. eupunctus (Coldwater Crayfish) · O. forceps · O. harrisonii (Big River Crayfish) · O. hartfieldi · O. hathawayi · O. hobbsi · O. holti · O. hylas (Woodland Crayfish) · O. illinoiensis · O. immunis (Calico Crayfish) · O. incomptus (Tennessee Cave Crayfish) · O. indianensis · O. inermis · O. inermis inermis (Troglobitic Crayfish) · O. inermis testii (Troglobitic Crayfish) · O. jeffersoni (Louisville Crayfish) · O. jonesi (Sucarnoochee River Crayfish) · O. juvenilis · O. kentuckiensis (Kentucky Crayfish) · O. lancifer (Shrimp Crayfish) · O. leptogonopodus · O. limosus (Spinycheek Crayfish) · O. longidigitus (Longpincered Crayfish) · O. luteus (Golden Crayfish) · O. macrus (Neosho Midget Crayfish) · O. maletae · O. marchandi (Mammoth Spring Crayfish) · O. margorectus · O. medius (Saddlebacked Crayfish) · O. meeki (Meek Crayfish) · O. meeki brevis · O. meeki meeki · O. menae · O. mirus · O. mississippiensis (Mississippi Crayfish) · O. nais (Crayfish) · O. nana · O. neglectus (Ringed Crayfish) · O. neglectus chaenodactylus (Ringed Crayfish) · O. neglectus neglectus · O. obscurus (Allegheny Crayfish) · O. ozarkae (Ozark Crayfish) · O. pagei · O. palmeri (Gray-Speckled Crayfish) · O. palmeri creolanus · O. palmeri longimanus · O. palmeri palmeri · O. pardalotus · O. pellucidus (Mammoth Cave Crayfish) · O. perfectus · O. peruncus (Big Creek Crayfish) · O. placidus (Placid Crayfish) · O. propinquus (Northern Clearwater Crayfish) · O. punctimanus (Spothand Crayfish) · O. putnami (Phallic Crayfish) · O. quadruncus (St. Francis River Crayfish) · O. rafinesquei (Rafinesque Crayfish) · O. rhoadesi · O. ronaldi (Mud River Crayfish) · O. rusticus (Rusty Crayfish) · O. rusticus rusticus · O. sanbornii (Sanborn Crayfish) · O. sanbornii erismophorous · O. sanbornii sanbornii · O. saxatilis (Kiamichi Crayfish) · O. sheltae (Shelta Cave Crayfish) · O. shoupi (Nashville Crayfish) · O. sloanii (Sloan Crayfish) · O. spinosus · O. stannardi (Little Wabash Crayfish) · O. stygocaneyi (Caney Mountain Cave Crayfish) · O. tricuspis (Rhode Crayfish) · O. validus · O. virginiensis (Chowanoke Crayfish) · O. virilis (Virile Crayfish) · O. virilus · O. williamsi (Williams Crayfish) · O. wrighti (Hardin Crayfish)

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Further Reading

• Herrick Brown - ITIS Data Development Technician: McLaughlin et al. (2005) Occurrence values: I[N]; A
• Hobbs, Jr., Horton H. 1989. An Illustrated Checklist of the American Crayfishes (Decapoda: Astacidae, Cambaridae, and Parastacidae). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, no. 480. Smithsonian Institution Press. Washington, DC, USA. iii + 236.
• 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. American Fisheries Society. Bethesda, Maryland, USA. 77. ISBN: 0-913235-49-0.

Notes

Contributors

• American Fisheries Society Endangered Species Committee 1996. Orconectes saxatilis. In: IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.iucnredlist.org . Downloaded on 20 October 2006.
• Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2005. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. [http://sn2000.taxonomy.nl/Taxonomicon/]. Access date: Nov 23, 2005

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2706689
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-97480
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 97480
• IUCN ID: 15428
• Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: ICMAL11630
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 8397

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