saddle crayfish

Faxonius durelli

Classification

Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Family: Cambaridae

Faxonius shoupi, the Nashville crayfish, is a freshwater crustacean native to the Mill Creek Basin in Nashville, Tennessee. Prior to August 2017, the species was called Orconectes shoupi. Faxonius shoupi is protected under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) as an endangered species.

Distribution

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Sources and credits

Photo(c) Nick Tobler (Cowturtle), some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY DescriptionFaxonius shoupi, Wikipedia contributors

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