Pacifastacus connectens ( Faxon, 1914 )

Wicksten, Mary K., 2012, Decapod Crustacea of the Californian and Oregonian Zoogeographic Provinces 3371, Zootaxa 3371, pp. 1-307 : 124

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scientific name	Pacifastacus connectens ( Faxon, 1914 )
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Pacifastacus connectens ( Faxon, 1914) View in CoL

( Fig. 30G, H)

Astacus connectens Faxon, 1914: 360 , pl. 7, figs 6, 10; pl. 10, fig. 1.

Pacifastacus connectens View in CoL . — Hobbs 1976: 22, figs. 12d, 14a. — Larson & Olden 2011: 62, p. 61 fig. A.

Diagnosis. Similar to P. leniusculus except rostrum with numerous lateral teeth, tubercles. Postorbital ridges with 1–2 pairs posterior teeth or tubercles, rostrum lacking median carina. Dorsal surface of major chela with two conspicuous patches of setae, as well as prominent tubercles in patches. Palm of chela not much wider than fingers, edges more or less straight. Male total length 65 mm, carapace length 34 mm.

Color in life. Brown.

Habitat and depth. Rivers, streams; shallow.

Range. Idaho and Oregon, see map by Larson & Olden (2011: Fig. 1). Type locality Snake River , Idaho.

References

Faxon, W. (1914) Notes on the crayfishes in the United States National Museum and the Museum of Comparative Zoology, with descriptions of new species and subspecies to which is appended a catalogue of the known species and subspecies. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College, 40, 351 - 427.

Hobbs, H. H. Jr. (1976) Crayfishes (Astacidae) of North and Middle America. United States Environmental Protection Agency, Water Pollution Control Research Series 18050 ELDO / 72, Cincinnati, Ohio, 173 pp.

Larson, E. R. & Olden, J. D. (2011) The state of crayfish in the Pacific Northwest. Fisheries, 36, 60 - 73.