Faxonius alabamensis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Order: | Decapoda |
Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
Family: | Cambaridae |
Genus: | Faxonius |
Species: | F. alabamensis
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Binomial name | |
Faxonius alabamensis (Faxon, 1884)
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Faxonius alabamensis,[4] the Alabama crayfish, is a species of freshwater crayfish that lives in Alabama, Mississippi and Tennessee.[2]
The largest individuals of Faxonius alabamensis reach a carapace length of 35 millimeters (1.4 in), while the smallest adults have a carapace length of only 14.6 mm (0.57 in).[5]
Faxonius alabamensis is endemic to the Tennessee River drainage basin, with a range extending from Shoal Creek (Lawrence County and Hardin County, Tennessee) to Lauderdale County, Alabama.[1]
Faxonius alabamensis is listed as a species of Least Concern on the IUCN Red List.[1] Under the NatureServe system used by The Nature Conservancy, F. alabamensis is classified as G5: "secure".[2][6]