Overview
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Critically Endangered |
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Common Names
Common Names in English:
Shelta Cave Crayfish
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Protostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Ecdysozoa
()
- Aguinaldo Et Al., 1997 Ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Superphylum:
Panarthropoda
()
- Cuvier
- Phylum:
Arthropoda
()
- Latreille, 1829
- Arthropods
- Subphylum:
Mandibulata
()
- Snodgrass, 1938
- Infraphylum:
Crustaceomorpha
()
- (Chernyshev, 1960)
- Superclass:
Crustacea
()
- Pennant, 1777
- Crustaceans
- Epiclass:
Eucrustacea
()
- Class:
Malacostraca
()
- Latreille, 1802
- Subclass:
Eumalacostraca
()
- Grobben, 1892
- Superorder:
Eucarida
()
- Calman, 1904
- Order:
Decapoda
()
- Latreille, 1802
- Decapods
- Suborder:
Pleocyemata
()
- Burkenroad, 1963
- Infraorder:
Astacidea
()
- Latreille, 1802
- Superfamily:
Astacoidea
()
-
- Family:
Astacidae
()
-
- Genus:
Orconectes
()
- Specific name:
sheltae
- J. R. Cooper and M. R. Cooper, 1997
- Scientific name: - Orconectes sheltae J. R. Cooper and M. R. Cooper, 1997
- Specific name:
sheltae
- J. R. Cooper and M. R. Cooper, 1997
- Genus:
Orconectes
(
- Family:
Astacidae
(
- Superfamily:
Astacoidea
(
- Infraorder:
Astacidea
(
- Suborder:
Pleocyemata
(
- Order:
Decapoda
(
- Superorder:
Eucarida
(
- Subclass:
Eumalacostraca
(
- Class:
Malacostraca
(
- Epiclass:
Eucrustacea
(
- Superclass:
Crustacea
(
- Infraphylum:
Crustaceomorpha
(
- Subphylum:
Mandibulata
(
- Phylum:
Arthropoda
(
- Superphylum:
Panarthropoda
(
- Infrakingdom:
Ecdysozoa
(
- Branch:
Protostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
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
- Cooper, John E., and Martha Riser Cooper 1997. New troglobitic crayfish of the genus Orconectes, subgenus Orconectes (Decapoda: Cambaridae), endemic to Shelta Cave, Huntsville, Alabama. Journal of Cave and Karst Studies. 119-127.
- Herrick Brown - ITIS Data Development Technician: McLaughlin et al. (2005) Occurrence values: I; A
Notes
Contributors
- 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: 6114812
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-650380
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 650380
- Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: ICMAL11740
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 13400
