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Orconectes (Procericambarus) luteus  (Creaser, 1933) 
Golden Crayfish


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References:

Pflieger, W. L. 1987. An Introduction to the Crayfish of Missouri. Missouri Conservationist, 48(4):17 - 31.

Williams, A. B. 1954a. Speciation and Distribution of the Crayfishes of the Ozark Plateaus and Ouachita Provinces. University of Kansas Science Bulletin, 36, Part 3(12):803 - 918, 253 figures. [Keys to genera of crayfishes in the Ozark - Ouachita provinces

Wetzel, J. E., W. J. Poly & J. W. Fetzner, Jr. In Press. Morphological and genetic comparison of golden crayfish, Orconectes luteus, and rusty crayfish, Orconectes rusticus, with range corrections in Iowa and Minnesota. Journal of Crustacean Biology.

Creaser, E. P. 1933b. Descriptions of Some New and Poorly Known Species of North American Crayfishes. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan, 275:1 - 21, 2 plates.

Creaser, E. P. 1934a. A Faunistic Area of Five Isolated Species of Crayfish in South - Eastern Missouri. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan, 278:1 - 8, 1 figure, 2 maps.

Fitzpatrick, J. F., Jr. 1963b. On the Ozark Crawfishes Collected by Perry C. Holt in the Summer of 1961. Virginia Journal of Science, 14(4):201.

Fitzpatrick, J. F., Jr. 1967a. The Propinquus Group of the Crawfish Genus Orconectes (Decapoda: Astacidae). Ohio Journal of Science, 67(3):129 - 172, 27 figures.

Fitzpatrick, J. F., Jr. 1987a. The Subgenera of the Crawfish Genus Orconectes (Decapoda: Cambaridae). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 100(1):44 - 74.

Hobbs, H. H., Jr. 1942a. A Generic Revision of the Crayfishes of the Subfamily Cambarinae (Decapoda, Astacidae) with the Description of a New Genus and Species. American Midland Naturalist, 28(2):334 - 357, 3 plates.

Hobbs, H. H., Jr. 1942b. The Crayfishes of Florida. University of Florida Publications, Biological Science Series, 3(2):v+179 pages, 24 plates.

Hobbs, H. H., Jr. 1974b. A Checklist of the North and Middle American Crayfishes (Decapoda: Astacidae and Cambaridae). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 166:1 - 161, 294 figures.


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