Back to State Map ! State of Ohio - Crayfish Species Checklist.

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(KEY: E= Endangered; E*= Endangered, Possibly Extinct; T= Threatened; SC= Special Concern; CS =
  Currently Stable.  Parentheses ( ) around the status indicate possible or known introductions and a (¤)
   indicates a species complex currently under investigation).
Species Status
 1.   Cambarus bartoni cavatus CS
 2.   Cambarus carinirostris CS
 3.   Cambarus diogenes  ¤ CS
 4.   Cambarus ortmanni CS
 5.   Cambarus robustus CS
 6.   Cambarus sciotensis CS
 7.   Cambarus thomai CS
 8.   Fallicambarus fodiens CS
 9.   Orconectes cristavarius ?
10.  Orconectes immunis CS
11.  Orconectes obscurus CS
12.  Orconectes propinquus CS
13.  Orconectes rusticus CS
14.  Orconectes sanbornii sanbornii CS
15.  Orconectes sloanii T
16.  Orconectes virilis CS
17.  Procambarus acutus acutus  ¤ CS
18.  Procambarus clarkii (CS)

Links:
Ohio Department of Natural Resources

References:

Jezerinac, R.F.  1982.  Life-history notes and distributions of crayfishes (Decapoda:Cambaridae) from the Chagrin River basin, northeastern Ohio.  Ohio Journal of Science  82:181-192.

Jezerinac, R.F.  1986. Endangered and threatened crayfishes (Decapoda: Cambaridae) of Ohio.  Ohio journal of Science  86: 177-180.

Jezerinac, R.F.  1991.  The distribution of crayfishes (Decapoda: Cambaridae) of the Licking River watershed, east central Ohio: 1972-1977.  Ohio Journal of Science  91: 108-111.

Jezerinac, R.F.  & R.F. Thoma.  1984.  An illustrated key to the Ohio Cambarus and Fallicambarus (Decapoda: Cambaridae) with comments and a new subspecies record.  Ohio Journal of Science  84: 120-125.

Rhoades, R.  1944.  Further studies on distribution and taxonomy of Ohio crayfishes and the description of a new subspecies.  Ohio Journal of Science  44: 95-99.

Turner, C.L.  1926.  The crayfishes of Ohio.  Ohio State University Bulletin  30: 144-195.

Last Updated:  29 January 2008
James W. Fetzner Jr.