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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.   Cambarellus puer CS
 2.   Cambarus diogenes  ¤ CS
 3.   Cambarus setosus SC
 4.   Cambarus subterraneus E
 5.   Cambarus tartarus E
 6.   Fallicambarus fodiens CS
 7.   Faxonella blairi CS
 8.   Faxonella clypeata (CS)
 9.   Orconectes causeyi CS
10.   Orconectes deanae CS
11.  Orconectes difficilis CS
12.  Orconectes lancifer CS
13.  Orconectes leptogonopodus CS
14.  Orconectes macrus CS
15.  Orconectes meeki brevis T
16.  Orconectes menae T
17.  Orconectes nais CS
18.  Orconectes nana SC
19.  Orconectes neglectus neglectus CS
20.  Orconectes palmeri longimanus CS
21.  Orconectes saxatilis E
22.  Orconectes virilis CS
23 Procambarus acutus acutus  ¤ CS
24.  Procambarus clarkii CS
25.  Procambarus curdi CS
26.  Procambarus gracilis (CS)
27.  Procambarus simulans CS
28.  Procambarus tenuis SC

Links:
Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation


References:

Creaser, E.P., & A.I. Ortenburger.  (1993).  The decapod crustaceans of Oklahoma.  Publications of the University of Oklahoma Biological Survey  5: 14-47.

Dunlap, Jr., P.M.  (1951).  Taxonomic characteristics of the decapod crustaceans of the subfamily Cambarinae in Oklahoma with descriptions of two new species and two keys to species.  Master's thesis.  Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical College, Stillwater.

Reimer, R.D.  (1969).  A report on the crawfishes (Decapoda, Astacidae) of Oklahoma.  Proceedings of the Oklahoma Academy of Sciences  48: 49-65. 

Taylor, C.A., S.N. Jones, E.A. Bergey (2004). Crayfishes of Oklahoma revisited: New state records and checklist of species. The Southwestern Naturalist 49(2): 250-255.


Last Updated:  28 January 2008
James W. Fetzner Jr.