Species: Orconectes sanbornii
Sanborn's Crayfish
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Classification
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Crustacea
Class
Malacostraca
Order
Decapoda
Family
Cambaridae
Genus
Orconectes
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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.
Ecology and Life History
Habitat Type Description
Freshwater
Migration
false - false - false
Non-migrant
false
Locally Migrant
false
Conservation Status
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
Distribution
Conservation Status Map
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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)