Biology:Orconectes australis

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Short description: Species of crayfish

Orconectes australis
Orconectes australis (Marshal Hedin).jpg

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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
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,[2][1] is a species of crayfish in the Cambaridae family found in Alabama and Tennessee .[3] Ages of 176 years have been claimed for O. australis, though this was reduced to ≤22 years in a 2012 study.[4]


References

Wikidata ☰ Q3355396 entry