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Common name: Sanborn crayfish

Synonyms and Other Names: Orconectes sanbornii (Faxon, 1884). Faxonius sanbornii underwent a reclassification in August 2017, changing the genus of non-cave dwelling Orconectes to Faxonius (Crandall and De Grave 2017).

Taxonomy: available through www.itis.gov

Identification: This crayfish is light brown with a dark brown patch anterior to its cervical grove. This species has a unique dark brown 'U-shaped' saddle marking on the top of its abdomen and orange-tipped chelae bordered by narrow black bands. (Taylor and Schuster 2004).

Size: the mean length is 24.15 mm (Loughman 2011)

Native Range:

Alaska	Hawaii	Puerto Rico & Virgin Islands	Guam Saipan

Hydrologic Unit Codes (HUCs) Explained
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Ecology: Slab boulders, leaf packs, and depositional environments are all habitats used by the species. They are mostly found under large gravel and rocks (Taylor and Schuster 2015). The life cycle of O. sanbornii mirrors that of O. obscurus. Orconectes sanbornii demonstrates the same gregarious behavior observed in O. obscurus (Loughman 2011).

Impact of Introduction: This species has not been found introduced elsewhere in the world (Larson and Olden 2011).

References: (click for full references)

Larson, E.R. and J.D. Olden. 2011. The state of crayfish in the Pacific Northwest. Fisheries, 36(2): 60-73.

Loughman, Z.J. 2011. Ecology, systematics, and conservation of West Virginia's crayfishes (Doctoral dissertation, Indiana State University).

Taylor, C.A. and G.A. Schuster. 2004. The crayfishes of Kentucky. Illinois Natural History Survey.

 

Author: Hosabettu, M.

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