Comprehensive Description
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Faxonella creasen Walls
Faxonella creaseri Walls. 1968:413, figs. 1–9.—Hobbs. 1972b: 29, figs. 5w, 19a.
TYPES.—Holotype, allotype, and morphotype, USNM 129215, 129216, 129214 ( I, , II); paratypes, TU, MCZ, IBM, AMS, Joe B. Black, J. F. Fitzpatrick, Jr., and Jerry G. Walls.
TYPE-LOCALITY.—Roadside ditch 3.0 miles north of Grayson on U.S. Highway 165, Caldwell Parish, Louisiana.
RANGE.—Known only from several localities in Caldwell Parish, Louisiana.
HABITAT.—Temporary pools in roadside ditches.
Hobbseus Fitzpatrick and Payne, 1968:15. [Type-species by original designation, Cambarus cristatus Hobbs, 1955a:95. Gender: masculine.]
- bibliographic citation
- Hobbs, Horton Holcombe, Jr. 1974. "A Checklist of the North and Middle American Crayfishes (Decapoda: Astacidae and Cambaridae)." Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 1-161. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.166
Faxonella: Brief Summary
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Faxonella is a genus of crayfish from the Southern United States from Texas to Florida. It comprises the following species:
Faxonella beyeri (Penn, 1950) "Sabine Fencing crayfish"
Faxonella blairi (Hayes and Reimer, 1977) "Blair's Fencing crayfish"
Faxonella clypeata (Hay, 1899) "Ditch Fencing crayfish or Shield crayfish"
Faxonella creaseri (Walls, 1968) "Ouachita Fencing crayfish"
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