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  Orconectes (Crockerinus) propinquus   (Girard, 1852)
Northern clearwater crayfish

Orconectes
Photo Credit:  1998 by Keith A. Crandall*

Containing clade(s):   Crockerinus


 

 Historical Account. --

Cambarus propinquus  Girard, 1852:88

Astacus propinquus. --Hagen, 1870:61

Cambarus propinquus propinquus. --Faxon, 1885a:91 [by implication].

Camborus propinquus. --Williamson, 1899:47 [erroneous spelling].

Cambarus propinquus typicus. --Ortmann, 1905c:133.

Cambarus (Faxonius) propinquus. --Ortmann, 1905c:112; 1906b:358, pl. 39: fig. 6a,b.

Faxonius propinquus. --Williamson, 1907:754. --Creaser, 1933a:1.

Cambarus (Fraxonius) propinquus. --Turner, 1926:43 [erroneous spelling].

Faxonius (Faxonius) propinquus propinquus. --Creaser, 1933a:3 [by implication].

Camarus propinguus. --Fleming, 1939:304 [erroneous spelling].

Cambarus propinkuus. --Fleming, 1939:305 [in part, erroneous spelling].

Cambarrus propinquus. --Fleming, 1939:305 [erroneous spelling].

Cambarus Propinquus. --Godnight, 1940:40.

Orconectes propinquus propinquus. --Hobbs, 1942a:352 [by implication. --Crocker, 1957:35, 48, 75, frontispiece, pl. 3: figs. 1,2, pl. 5: fig. 1. --Fitzpatrick, 1963:61 [by implication].

Orconectes (Orconectes) propinquus propinquus. --Hobbs, 1942b:154 [by implication].

Orconectes propinquus. --Hoff, 1943:281. --Fitzpatrick, 1967a:145, figs. 2-19. --Hobbs, 1974b:39, fig. 118. --Page, 1985a:569; 1985b:406, figs. 141-144.

Orconectes propinquus. --Threinen, 1958:1 [erroneous spelling].

Faxonius propinquus propinquus. --Creaser, 1962:2 [by implication].

Orconectes sp. A. --Fitzpatrick, 1967a:150-151, 167-169, figs. 2-18, 27.

Orconectes iowaensis Fitzpatrick, 1968a:507, figs. 1-10 {Holotype, allotype, and morphotype, USNM 117963, 117964, 117965 (male I, female, male II); paratypes, USNM, Coe College, MCZ. Type locality: Turkey River, 2.5 miles (4 km) south of Cresco, Howard County, Iowa]. --Hobbs, 1974b:31, fig. 127. --Phillips, 1980:87, figs. 2c, 6c; 1982:27.

Orconectes propinquus. --Hart and Hart, 1974:120 [erroneous spelling].

Orconectes propinguis. --Nolfi, 1978:186 [erroneous spelling].

Orconectes iowaenis. --Phillips and Reiss, 1979:19 [erroneous spelling].

Orconectes kinderhookensis Fitzpatrick and Pickett, 1980:375, figs. 1-11. [Holotype, allotype, and morphotype, USNM 148883, 148884, 148885; paratypes, USNM, J.F. Pickett, Sr. Type locality: Kinderhook Creek, 0.4 miles (0.6 km) south of the Rensselaer County line on St. Rt. 66, Columbia County, New York]. --Smith, 1981b:389.

Orconectes (Crockerinus) propinquus. --Fitzpatrick, 1987a:51.

Original Description -Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 6:87-91
Types. --  Click for an Explanation of Institutional Acronyms !
Probably destroyed in the Chicago fire in 1871 (Faxon, 1914:417).
Type Locality.--
Three localities were originally given by Girard.  From these, Faxon (1914:417) designated Garrison Creek, Sackett's Harbor, Jefferson County, New York, as the type locality.  Ortmann (1906b:363) cited Oswego, Oswego County, New York.  Crocker (1957:35) and Fitzpartick (1967:146) accepted Ortmann's designation.
Range.--
Ontario, Quebec, and New York westward to Iowa and southeastern Minnesota, and southward to Illinois, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Massachusetts.
DISTRIBUTION*: , KY
Habitat.--
Streams and rocky shores of lakes.
Remarks.--
  None.
Map of Distribution:

 

* Distribution Information
Countries or states in parentheses have special codes attached.
Below is a key to these codes.

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Code Meaning
I Known introduction.
Q Of questionable occurrence.
R Restricted distribution.
S Suspected introduction.
Y Introduced, but success of introduction questionable.
Z Found in surrounding countries (or states), but not yet discovered in this country (or state).
? Species has an unspecified locality.

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Reference

Status

Taylor et al. (1996): CS
Global Rank: G5
IUCN Status: NA
Federal Status: NA
State Status: NA
ELCode: ICMAL11170

NA = no listing information, or information is not available.

 

Conservation Links:

 

 U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE -- DIVISION OF ENDANGERED SPECIES
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Orconectes (Crockerinus) propinquus   Photo Copyright ©1998 by Keith A. Crandall


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