Orconectes australis explained

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

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Orconectes (Orconectes) australis australis (Rhoades, 1941) . Crayfish Taxon Browser . James W. Fetzner Jr. . 2006-12-06 . . 2007-08-29 . 2007-09-27 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070927015811/http://iz.carnegiemnh.org/crayfish/NewAstacidea/species.asp?g=Orconectes&s=australis&ssp= . dead .
  2. 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 . Michael P. Venarsky. 2012 . 57 . 7 . 1471–1481 . 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2012.02812.x .

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