Faxonius

{{Short description|Genus of crayfishes}}

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|image=Orconectes limosus - Kamberkrebs.jpg

|image_caption=Faxonius limosus

|image_alt=Faxonius limosus

|taxon=Faxonius

|authority=Ortmann, 1905

|type_species = Faxonius limosus

|type_species_authority = Rafinesque, 1817

}}

Faxonius is a genus of freshwater crayfish in the family Cambaridae. There are more than 90 described species in Faxonius. It includes the rusty crayfish, an invasive species in North America, and three species, F. virilis, F. immunis, and F. limosus, that are invasive to Europe.

This genus was formerly considered a subgenus of Orconectes. Several former Orconectes species were added to this genus in 2017, leaving only the cave dwelling species unchanged, however F. stygocaneyi was reallocated, even though it lives in caves.

Species

These species belong to the genus Faxonius:

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See also

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References

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{{Cite web| title=Faxonius

| url=https://www.gbif.org/species/4646327

| website=GBIF

| access-date=2019-12-25

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{{Cite journal |first1=Keith A |last1=Crandall |first2=Sammy |last2=De Grave |date=2017 |title=An updated classification of the freshwater crayfishes (Decapoda: Astacidea) of the world, with a complete species list |journal=Journal of Crustacean Biology |volume=37 |issue=5 |pages=615–653 |doi=10.1093/jcbiol/rux070|doi-access=free }}

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Further reading

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  • {{Cite journal

| title = An Illustrated Checklist of the American Crayfishes (Decapoda: Astacidae, Cambaridae, and Parastacidae)

| date = 1989

| last1 = Hobbs | first1 = Horton H. Jr.

| journal = Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology

| issue = 480

| pages = 1–236

| doi = 10.5479/si.00810282.480

| url = https://repository.si.edu/bitstream/handle/10088/5542/SCtZ-0480-Lo_res.pdf?sequence=2&isAllowed=y

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  • {{Cite journal

| title = Annotated checklist of decapod crustaceans of Atlantic coastal and continental shelf waters of the United States

| date = 2003

| last1 = Nizinski | first1 = Martha S.

| journal = Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

| volume = 116| issue = 1| pages = 96–157

| issn = 0006-324X

| url = https://research.nhm.org/pdfs/12091/12091.pdf

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