Orconectes australis

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Orconectes australis
Orconectes australis (Marshal Hedin).jpg
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Family: Cambaridae
Genus: Orconectes
Species:
O. australis
Binomial name
Orconectes australis
(Rhoades, 1941)

Orconectes australis is a species of crayfish in the family Cambaridae found in Alabama and Tennessee.[1] Ages of 176 years have been claimed for O. australis, though this was reduced to ≤22 years in a 2012 study.[2]

References

  1. ^ James W. Fetzner, Jr. (2006-12-06). "Orconectes (Orconectes) australis australis (Rhoades, 1941)". Crayfish Taxon Browser. Carnegie Museum of Natural History.[dead link]
  2. ^ Michael P. Venarsky. "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.

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