Orconectes australis
| Orconectes australis | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Family: | Cambaridae |
| Genus: | Orconectes |
| Species: | O. australis |
| Binomial name | |
| Orconectes australis (Rhoades, 1941) | |
Orconectes australis, the southern cave crayfish, is a species of crayfish in the Cambaridae family found in Alabama and Tennessee. Ages of 176 years have been claimed for O. australis, though this was reduced to ≤22 years in a 2012 study.
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References
- 1 2 Schuster, G.A.; Adams, S.; Taylor, C.A. & Crandall, K.A. (2010). "Orconectes australis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010 e.T62025A12578137. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T62025A12578137.en. Retrieved 19 January 2023.
- 1 2 "Orconectes australis". NatureServe Explorer An online encyclopedia of life. 7.1. NatureServe. Retrieved 19 January 2023.
- ↑ James W. Fetzner Jr. (2006-12-06). "Orconectes (Orconectes) australis australis (Rhoades, 1941)". Crayfish Taxon Browser. Carnegie Museum of Natural History. Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2007-08-29.
- ↑ Michael P. Venarsky (2012). "Re-examining extreme longevity of the cave crayfish Orconectes australis using new mark–recapture data: a lesson on the limitations of iterative size-at-age models". Freshwater Biology. 57 (7): 1471–1481. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2427.2012.02812.x.
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