Orconectes australis

Orconectes australis, the southern cave crayfish,^[1][2] is a species of crayfish in the Cambaridae family found in Alabama and Tennessee.^[3] Ages of 176 years have been claimed for O. australis, though this was reduced to ≤22 years in a 2012 study.^[4]

Orconectes australis
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Secure  (NatureServe)[2]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Suborder:	Pleocyemata
Family:	Cambaridae
Genus:	Orconectes
Species:	O. australis
Binomial name
Orconectes australis (Rhoades, 1941)

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References

1. Schuster, G.A.; Adams, S.; Taylor, C.A. & Crandall, K.A. (2010). "Orconectes australis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T62025A12578137. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T62025A12578137.en. Retrieved 19 January 2023.
2. "Orconectes australis". NatureServe Explorer An online encyclopedia of life. 7.1. NatureServe. Retrieved 19 January 2023.
3. James W. Fetzner Jr. (2006-12-06). "Orconectes (Orconectes) australis australis (Rhoades, 1941)". Crayfish Taxon Browser. Carnegie Museum of Natural History. Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2007-08-29.
4. Michael P. Venarsky (2012). "Re-examining extreme longevity of the cave crayfish Orconectes australis using new mark–recapture data: a lesson on the limitations of iterative size-at-age models". Freshwater Biology. 57 (7): 1471–1481. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2427.2012.02812.x.