Species: Orconectes sanbornii

Sanborn's Crayfish
Species
    Kingdom
    Animalia
    Phylum
    Crustacea
    Class

    Malacostraca

    Order

    Decapoda

    Family

    Cambaridae

    Genus

    Orconectes

    Classification
    Informal Taxonomy
    Animals, Invertebrates - Crustaceans - Crayfishes
    Formal Taxonomy
    Animalia - Crustacea - Malacostraca - Decapoda - Cambaridae - Orconectes - is no longer considered to be made up of two subspecies that were commonly discussed in literature. Jezerinac et al. (1995) reported that they are not considered true subspecies as they are not geographically restricted.
    Habitat Type Description
    Freshwater
    Migration
    false - false - false
    Non-migrant
    false
    Locally Migrant
    false
    NatureServe Global Status Rank
    G5
    Global Status Last Reviewed
    2009-07-01
    Global Status Last Changed
    2008-01-29
    Other Status

    Currently Stable - 1996-01-01

    Conservation Status Map
    <img src="http://www.natureserve.org/explorer/servlet/GetMapGif?US.KY=SU&US.OH=S4&US.WA=SE&US.WV=S4" alt="Conservation Status Map" style="width: 475px; height: auto;" />
    Global Range
    F - 20,000-200,000 square km (about 8000-80,000 square miles) - F - It occurs in the middle Ohio River drainage from northeastern Kentucky upstream to the Fishing Creek drainage of northern West Virginia (Jezerinac et al., 1995). In Ohio, it also occurs in Lake Erie tributaries in the north-central portion of the state (Thoma and Jezerinac, 2000). Fitzpatrick (1967) listed range as east of the 81st meridian and south of the terminal moraine of the Wisconsin Glacier in tributaries of the Ohio River; with erratic occurrence in the Lake Erie drainage in Ohio from between the Sandusky and Huron Rivers to, but not including, the Grand Rvier.
    Global Range Code
    F
    Global Range Description
    20,000-200,000 square km (about 8000-80,000 square miles)
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