Range extension and ecological information for Orconectes virilis (Hagen 1870) (Decapoda: Cambaridae) in Idaho, USA

Publication Type:

Journal Article

Authors:

Clark, William H.; Lester, Gary T.

Source:

Western North American Naturalist, Monte L. Bean Life Science Museum, Brigham Young University, Volume 65, Issue 2, p.164-169 (2005)

Call Number:

A05CLA02IDUS

URL:

https://journals.lib.byu.edu/spc/index.php/wnan/article/download/27774/26237

Keywords:

Orconectes virilis, SWAP, Virile Crayfish

Abstract:

The authors report the 1st record of the crayfish Orconectes virilis (Hagen 1870) from Idaho and the Pacific Porthwest. They also provide an updated checklist of recent Idaho crayfishes, which now includes 2 families, 3 genera, and 7 species and subspecies. Native crayfish were not found at the O. virilis collection sites. The localities where O virilis was found were characterized by low-gradient streams impacted by fine sediment. Aquatic invertebrates found in association with O. virilis tended to be the more pollution-tolerant taxa.

Notes:

ELECTRONIC FILE - Zoology: Invertebrates

SWAP (2/19/2016) citation:
Clark WH, Lester GT. 2005. Range extension and ecological information for Orconectes virilis (Hagen 1870) (Decapoda: Cambaridae) in Idaho, USA. [accessed 2016 Feb 18]; Western North American Naturalist. 65(2):164–169. https://journals.lib.byu.edu/spc/index.php/wnan/article/download/27774/2...

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