Specimen ID | 4749 |
Group | Crustaceans-Crayfish |
Genus | Faxonius |
Species | virilis |
Common Name | Virile Crayfish |
State | CA |
County | Colusa |
Locality | Colusa County ditches |
Mapping Accuracy | Centroid |
Centroid Type | |
HUC8 Name | Upper Sacramento |
HUC8 Number | 18020000 |
Map | |
Collection Year | 1992 |
Year Accuracy | Actual |
Potential Pathway | dispersed |
Status | established |
Reference 1 |
Ref. Number: | 10319 |
Author: | Cohen, A.N., and J.T. Carlton. |
Date: | 1995 |
Title: | Nonindigenous Aquatic Species in a United States Estuary, A Case Study of the Biological Invasions of the San Francisco Bay and Delta. |
Journal: | Report for USFWS, WA DC, and Connecticut Sea Grant |
Publisher: | A report for the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Washington, DC and The National Sea Grant College Program Connecticut Sea Grant. |
Pages: | 246 pp |
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Reference 2 |
Ref. Number: | 9262 |
Author: | Riegel, J.A. |
Date: | 1959 |
Title: | The systematics and distribution of crayfishes in California. |
Journal: | California Fish and Game |
Volume: | 45 |
Issue: | 1 |
Pages: | 29-50 |
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Reference 3 |
Ref. Number: | 9263 |
Author: | Herbold, B., A.D. Jassby, and P.B. Moyle. |
Date: | 1992 |
Title: | Status an trends report on aquatic resources in the San Francisco Estuary. |
Publisher: | San Francisco Esuary Project. |
Pages: | 257 pp |
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Comments | Native to Indiana, Illinois. Were brought to a lab at Chico State College. Eats rice shoots and is considered a pest. Has led to the decline of the native Shasta crayfish, Pacifasctacus fortis. (Year is publication date of source document.) |
Record Type | Literature |
Freshwater/Marine | Freshwater |