Species: Pacifastacus leniusculus

Signal Crayfish
Species
    Kingdom
    Animalia
    Phylum
    Crustacea
    Class

    Malacostraca

    Order

    Decapoda

    Family

    Astacidae

    Genus

    Pacifastacus

    Classification
    Other Global Common Names
    Noble Crayfish - écrevisse du Pacifique
    Informal Taxonomy
    Animals, Invertebrates - Crustaceans - Crayfishes
    Formal Taxonomy
    Animalia - Crustacea - Malacostraca - Decapoda - Astacidae - Pacifastacus - , without strict adherence to the several subspecies.
    Short General Description
    a crayfish
    Migration
    false - false - false
    Non-migrant
    false
    Locally Migrant
    false
    Reproduction Comments
    Lewis and Horton (1996) found for populations in Oregon that hatching began during the second week in April and eight age classes identified.
    NatureServe Global Status Rank
    G5
    Global Status Last Reviewed
    2009-07-01
    Global Status Last Changed
    1996-02-19
    Other Status

    Currently Stable - 1996-01-01

    Conservation Status Map
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    Global Range
    H - >2,500,000 square km (greater than 1,000,000 square miles) - H - Ranges from British Columbia to California; introduced into Europe and Japan (Hobbs, 1989). <i>Pacifastacus leniculus</i> has been introduced into many countries throughout Europe and California, Nevada and Utah in the USA. This species was introduced during the 1970s and 1980s, is widely cultivated and is established in the wild, from where it is harvested (Harlioglu and Holdich, 2001). <i>Pacifastacus leniusculus leniusculus</i> is distributed throughout British Columbia, California, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington. <i>Pacifastacus leniusculus klamathensis</i> is distributed throughout British Columbia in Canada, Idaho and south to central California in the USA. <i>Pacifastacus leniusculus trowbridgii </i>is distributed throughout British Columbia in Canada and California, Idaho, Oregon and Washington in the USA, and has been introduced into California and Nevada in the USA, and also introduced into Japan.
    Global Range Code
    H
    Global Range Description
    >2,500,000 square km (greater than 1,000,000 square miles)
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