Back to State Map ! State of West Virginia  - 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 Taylor        State
 1.   Cambarus bartonii bartonii CS  
 2.   Cambarus bartoni cavatus CS  
 3.   Cambarus carinirostris CS  
 4.   Cambarus chasmodactylus CS S3
 5.   Cambarus dubius CS  
 6.   Cambarus elkensis T S1
 7.   Cambarus longulus CS S1
 8.   Cambarus monongalensis CS S3
 9.   Cambarus nerterius E S1
10.  Cambarus robustus CS  
11.  Cambarus sciotensis CS  
12.  Cambarus thomai ?  
13.  Cambarus veteranus T S1
14.  Fallicambarus fodiens CS S1
15.  Orconectes cristavarius ?  
16.  Orconectes limosus CS  
17.  Orconectes obscurus CS  
18.  Orconectes rusticus (CS)  
19.  Orconectes sanbornii erismophorous CS  
20.  Orconectes sanbornii sanbornii CS  
21.  Orconectes virilis (CS)  
22.  Procambarus acutus acutus (CS)  

Links:
West Virginia Division of Natural Resources

References:

Jezerinac, R.F., G.W. Stocker, and D.C. Tarter.  1995.  The crayfishes (Decapoda: Cambaridae) of West Virginia.  Ohio Biol. Surv. Bull.  NS 10(1).

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