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Orconectes (Faxonius) limosus (Rafinesque)
Astacus limosus Rafinesque, 1817:42.
Astacus affinis Say, 1817:168. [Types, not extant. Type locality, Delaware River.]
Astacus (Cambarus) affinis.—Erichson, 1846:96.
Cambarus Pealei Girard, 1852:87. [Syntypes, USNM 2081 (2 male I, 2 female). Type locality, Potomac River at Washington, D.C.]
Cambarus affinis.—Girard, 1852:87.
Astacus (Astacus) affinis.—Herklots, 1861:144.
Cambarus (Faxonius) limosus.—Ortmann, 1905c:107.—Fowler, 1912:353, pls. 104, 105.
Cambarus limosus.—Ortmann, 1905c:107.
Cambarus pealei.—Ortmann, 1906b:352.
Faxonius limosus.—Creaser, 1933a:3 [by implication]; 1962:2 [by implication].
Faxonius (Faxonius) limosus.—Creaser, 1933b:21 [by implication].
Orconectes limosus.—Hobbs 1942a:352 [by implication]; 1948a:20, fig. 22; 1974b:33, fig. 103.—Fitzpatrick, 1963:61 [by implication].
Orconectes (Orconectes) limosus.—Hobbs, 1942b:154 [by implication].
Faxonius affinis.—Hobbs, 1942c:55.
Orconects limosus.—Lewis, 1955:146 [erroneous spelling].
Orconectes affinis.—Holthuis, 1956:228.
Orconectes limosa.—Mobberly, 1963:80 [erroneous spelling].
Camburus affinis.—Bcescu, 1967:218 [erroneous spelling].
Orconetes limosus.—Avault, 1973:242 [erroneous spelling].
Orconeotes limosus.—Unestam, 1973:4 [erroneous spelling].
Oroncestes limosus.—Wielgus, 1973:119 [erroneous spelling].
Orconectes limnosus.—Ingle and Thomas, 1974:525 [erroneous spelling].
Orconectes limusus.—Reynolds, 1979:57 [erroneous spelling].
Orconelctes limosus.—Brodsky, 1981:122 [erroneous spelling].
Orconectes Limosus.—D.G. Smith, 1981a:169 [lapsus].
Orconectes (Faxonius) limosus.—Fitzpatrick, 1987a:53, fig. 4.
TYPES.—Not known to exist.
TYPE LOCALITY.—Delaware River near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
RANGE.—The Atlantic watershed from Maine to the lower James River in Virginia. Introduced into western Europe.
HABITAT.—Streams.
- bibliographic citation
- Hobbs, Horton Holcombe, Jr. 1989. "An Illustrated Checklist of the American Crayfishes (Decapoda, Astacidae, Cambaridae, Parastacidae)." Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 1-236. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.480
Comprehensive Description
provided by Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology
Orconectes limosus, (Rafinesque)
Astacus litnosus Rafinesque, 1817:42.
Astacus affinis Say, 1817:168. [Type unknown. Type-locality, Delaware River.]
Astacus (Cambarus) affinis.—Erichson, 1846:96.
Cambarus Pealei Girard, 1852:87. [Syntypes, USNM 2081 (2 I, 2 ). Type-locality, Potomac River at Washington, D.C.]
Cambarus affinis.—Girard, 1852:87.
Cambarus (Faxonius) limosus.—Ortmann, 1905c: 107.—Fowler, 1912:353, pls. 104, 105.
Cambarus limosus.—Ortmann, 1905c: 107.
Faxonius limosus.—Creaser, 1933a:3 [by implication]; 1962:2 [by implication].
Faxonius (Faxonius) limosus.—Creaser, 193Sb:21 [by implication].
Orconectes limosus.—Hobbs, 1942a:352 [by implication]; 1948a:20, fig. 22.—Fitzpatrick, 1963:61 [by implication].
Orconectes (Orconectes) limosus.—Hobbs, 1942b: 154 [by implication].
Faxonius affinis.—Hobbs, 1942c:55.
Orconectes limosa.—Mobberly, 1963:80 [erroneous spelling].
Camburus affinis.—Bacescu, 1967:218 [erroneous spelling].
Orconetes limosus.—Avault, 1973:242 [erroneous spelling].
TYPES.—Not known to exist.
TYPE-LOCALITY.—Delaware River near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
RANGE.—The Atlantic watershed from Maine to the lower James River in Virginia. Introduced into western Europe.
HABITAT.—Streams.
- bibliographic citation
- Hobbs, Horton Holcombe, Jr. 1974. "A Checklist of the North and Middle American Crayfishes (Decapoda: Astacidae and Cambaridae)." Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 1-161. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.166
