Specimen ID | 283315 |
Group | Crustaceans-Crayfish |
Genus | Faxonius |
Species | virilis |
Common Name | Virile Crayfish |
State | WV |
County | Kanawha |
Locality | Pointlick Fork, adjacent to CR 73/5, 2.2 miles SE of CR 7/3 in Coal Fork |
Mapping Accuracy | Accurate |
HUC8 Name | Upper Kanawha |
HUC8 Number | 05050006 |
HUC10 Name | Campbells Creek-Kanawha River |
HUC10 Number | 0505000604 |
HUC12 Name | Campbells Creek |
HUC12 Number | 050500060404 |
Map | |
Collection Day | 15 |
Collection Month | 5 |
Collection Year | 2010 |
Year Accuracy | Actual |
Potential Pathway | released bait |
Status | established |
Reference 1 |
Ref. Number: | 24513 |
Author: | Loughman, Z. |
Date: | 2012 |
Title: | Orconectes virilis and Orconectes rusticus collection in West Virginia. |
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Comments | Primary collection number: 100515-05. "Stream heavily impacted by mining. Stream substrate coal fines and black mine precipitate present; bank composed of coal fines. Stream channelized with no riparian buffer. Orconectes virilis dominant species at site. Both Cambarus taken as well; C.b. cavatus most prevalent. Crayfish collected from mid channel under small boulders." |
Record Type | Literature |
Freshwater/Marine | Freshwater |