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Orconectes (Gremicambarus) immunis Hagen 1870

Keith A. Crandall, James W. Fetzner, Jr., and Horton H. Hobbs, Jr.
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Containing group: Orconectes (Gremicambarus)

Types

Syntypes, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 188 (2 male I, 2 ovigerous female.) The "paratypes" of Faxon (1914), Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 3355 (1 male I), are dubious "types" because this number was not listed by Hagen (1870:73). Douglas G. Smith examined Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts lots 3355, listed as paratypes by Faxon (1914:421), and 1841, listed as such by Hagen (1870:73), and found the former to contain a first form male of O. immunis from Belleville, Illinois, the latter, a marine crustacean from Society Island. Probably Hagen erred in recording the specimen from Belleville as having been catalogued under number 1841. The "paratype" said to be in Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France could not be located.

Type Locality

Lawn Ridge, Marshall County, Illinois.

Range

Maine and Connecticut to eastern Colorado and Wyoming, and from Alabama to southern Manitoba, Ontario and Quebec. Its presence in New England probably resulted from introductions (Douglas G. Smith, in litt.).

Habitat

Ponds, roadside ditches, and sluggish streams.

Distribution

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Conservation Status

Currently stable.

References

Faxon, Walter. 1914. Notes on the Crayfishes in the United States National Museum and the Museum of Comparative Zoology with Descriptions of New Species and Subspecies to Which is Appended a Catalogue of the Known Species and Subspecies. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College, 40(8): 351-427, 13 plates.

Hagen, Hermann A. 1870. Monograph of the North American Astacidae. In Illustrated Catalogue of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College, 3: viii + 109 pages, 11 plates.

Hobbs, H. H. Jr. 1989. An Illustrated Checklist of the American Crayfishes (Decapoda: Astacidae, Cambaridae, and Parastacidae). Smithsonian Institution Press.

Taylor, C. A., M. L. Warren, Jr., J. F. Fitzpatrick, Jr., H. H. Hobbs III, R. F. Jezerinac, W. L. Pflieger, and H. W. Robison. 1996. Conservation Status of Crayfishes of the United States and Canada. Fisheries 21:4.

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Keith A. Crandall
Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, USA

James W. Fetzner, Jr.
Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

Horton H. Hobbs, Jr.
Wittenberg University, Springfield, Ohio, USA

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Crandall, Keith A., James W. Fetzner, Jr., and Horton H. Hobbs, Jr. 2001. Orconectes (Gremicambarus) immunis Hagen 1870. Version 01 January 2001 (under construction). http://tolweb.org/Orconectes_%28Gremicambarus%29_immunis/7221/2001.01.01 in The Tree of Life Web Project, http://tolweb.org/

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