Faxonella creaseri

Species of crayfish

Ouachita Fencing Crayfish
Conservation status

Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Family: Cambaridae
Genus: Faxonella
Species:
F. creaseri
Binomial name
Faxonella creaseri
(Walls, 1968)

Faxonella creaseri is a species of crayfish, a decapod crustacean in the family Cambaridae.[2] It is one of the four species in the genus Faxonella.

The species is found in the northern lakes and rivers in North America.

It is documented that the species is found in Louisiana.[1]

Taxonomic classification

A modern update of the systemic classification was given by Fetzner et al.: (2005). [3]

  • Order Decapoda - 2700 families, 15,000 species Latreille, 1802
    • Suborder Reptantia
      • Infraorder Astacidea, crayfish and lobsters
        • Superfamily crayfish Astacoidea Latreille, 1802
          • Family Cambaridae Hobbs, 1942
            • Sub-family Cambarinae Hobbs, 1942
            • Genus Faxonella Creaser, 1933
              • Faxonella beyeri (Penn, 1950) - North America
              • Faxonella blairi Hayes and Reimer, 1977 - North America
              • Faxonella clypeata (Hay, 1899) - North America
              • Faxonella creaseri Walls, 1968 - North America

References

  1. ^ a b Adams, S.; Cordeiro, J.; Schuster, G.A.; Taylor, C.A.; Thoma, R.F. (2010). "Faxonella creaseri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T153990A4573240. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T153990A4573240.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. ^ "COPEPEDIA summary for Faxonella creaseri : T4021897 : Species".
  3. ^ Fetzner Jr, W, Family Cambaridae Hobbs, 1942 Archived 2014-02-03 at the Wayback Machine, Crayfish Taxon Browser - Carnegie Museum of Natural History, 9 May 2005.
  • Global Crayfish Resources - The Carnegie Museum of Natural History (eng). Accessed 27 January 2014.
  • de Grave, Sammy, et al., «A classification of living and fossil genera of decapod crustaceans», in: Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. Suppl. 21, 2009, page 1–109
Taxon identifiers
Faxonella creaseri