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  Orconectes (Procericambarus) rusticus   (Girard, 1852)
Rusty crayfish

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Containing clade(s):   Procericambarus


 

 Historical Account. --

Cambarus rusticus Girard, 1852:88. --Faxon, 1885a:108, pl. 9: figs. 8,8',8a,8a'.

Cambarus juvenilis Hagen, 1870:66, pl. 1: figs. 29-33, pl. 3: fig. 157. [Syntypes, MCZ 3347 (26 male II, female, 8 juv. Male), USNM 4967 (male I), USNM 25830 (male I, female), MHNP (2 male, 2 female). Other types cited by Faxon (1914:418) apparently no longer extant. Type locality: Kentucky River, Little Hickman, Jessamine County, Kentucky.]

Cambarus juvenalis.--Harris, 1900:271 [erroneous spelling].

Cambarus (Faxonius) rusticus.--Ortmann, 1905c:112.

Faxonius rusticus.--Williamson, 1907:753 {Faxonius intended as a subgeneric name].--Creaser, 1933a:5.

Cambarus (Faxonius) rusticus rusticus.--Ortmann, 1931:82.

Cambarus (Faxonius) juvenilis.--Ortmann, 1931:84 [in part].

Faxonius juvenilis.--Creaser, 1933a:3 [by implication]; 1962:2 [by implication].

Faxonius (Faxonius) rusticus.--Creaser, 1933b:21 [by implication].

Orconectes rusticus rusticus.--Hobbs, 1942a:352 [by implication].--Fitzpatrick, 1963:61 [by implication].

Orconectes juvenilis.--Hobbs, 1942a:352 [by implication]; 1974b:32, fig. 147. --Fitzpatrick, 1963:61 [by implication].

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

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

Orconectes rusticus.--Pennak, 1953:465.--Hobbs, 1972b:92, figs. 74c,75b,d; 1974b:40, fig. 136. --Page, 1985b:4112, figs. 145-147.

Orconnectes rusticus.--Threinen, 1958:3 [erroneous spelling].

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

Orconectes Juvenils.--Hobbs, and Walton, 1966:136 [erroneous spelling in title].

Orconectes juvenalis.--Merkle, 1969:228 [erroneous spelling].

Orcenectes juvenilis.--Hart and Hart, 1974:45 [erroneous spelling].

Cambarus vusticus.--Lake and Newcombe, 1975:212 [erroneous spelling].

Orconectus rusticus.-- DuBois and Sharma, 1977:27 [erroneous spelling].

Procambarus rusticus.--Huner, 1978:4 [lapsus calami].

Cambarus rustrineus rustrineus.--Brodsky, 1981:49 [erroneous spelling].

Orconectes (Procericambarus) rusticus.--Fitzpatrick, 1987a:58.

Original Description -Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 6:87-91
Types. --  Click for an Explanation of Institutional Acronyms !
"Types probably destroyed in the Chicago fire in 1871 (Faxon, 1914). Questionable types: USNM 4968 (male II), in very poor condition; ANSP 195 (dry female).
Type Locality.--
Ohio River at Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio.
Range.--
Southern Ontario and Michigan to Kentucky and Tennessee; presumably introduced in one or more of the following: New England, Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, New Mexico, West Virginia, and Wisconsin. (See Page, 1985; Lawton, 1979).
DISTRIBUTION*: , OK
Habitat.--
Streams, ponds, and lakes.
Remarks.--
  None.

 

* 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: ICMAL11290

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

 

Conservation Links:

 

 U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE -- DIVISION OF ENDANGERED SPECIES
  Ohio Department of Natural Resources

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