Faxonella creaseri

Ouachita Fencing Crayfish
Conservation status
Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Suborder:	Pleocyemata
Family:	Cambaridae
Genus:	Faxonella
Species:	F. creaseri
Binomial name
Faxonella creaseri (Walls, 1968)

Faxonella creaseri is a species of crayfish, a decapod crustacean in the family Cambaridae. ^[2] It is one of the four species in the genus Faxonella .

The species is found in the northern lakes and rivers in North America.

It is documented that the species is found in Louisiana. ^[1]

Taxonomic classification

A modern update of the systemic classification was given by Fetzner et al.: (2005). ^[3]

• Order Decapoda - 2700 families, 15,000 species Latreille, 1802
  • Suborder Reptantia
    • Infraorder Astacidea, crayfish and lobsters
      • Superfamily crayfish Astacoidea Latreille, 1802
        • Family Cambaridae Hobbs, 1942
          • Sub-family Cambarinae Hobbs, 1942
          • Genus Faxonella Creaser, 1933
            • Faxonella beyeri (Penn, 1950) - North America
            • Faxonella blairi Hayes and Reimer, 1977 - North America
            • Faxonella clypeata (Hay, 1899) - North America
            • Faxonella creaseriWalls, 1968 - North America

References

1. Adams, S.; Cordeiro, J.; Schuster, G.A.; Taylor, C.A.; Thoma, R.F. (2010). "Faxonella creaseri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2010 e.T153990A4573240. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T153990A4573240.en . Retrieved 20 November 2021.
2. "COPEPEDIA summary for Faxonella creaseri : T4021897: Species".
3. Fetzner Jr, W, Family Cambaridae Hobbs, 1942 Archived 2014-02-03 at the Wayback Machine , Crayfish Taxon Browser - Carnegie Museum of Natural History, 9 May 2005.

External links

• Global Crayfish Resources - The Carnegie Museum of Natural History (eng). Accessed 27 January 2014.
• de Grave, Sammy, et al., «A classification of living and fossil genera of decapod crustaceans», in: Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. Suppl. 21, 2009, page 1–109