Pacifastacus (Pacifastacus) leniusculus leniusculus Dana 1852

Keith A. Crandall, James W. Fetzner, Jr., and Horton H. Hobbs, Jr.

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Pacifastacus (Pacifastacus) leniusculus habitus

Containing group: Pacifastacus (Pacifastacus)

Types

Syntypes, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C. 2019 (1 male)., National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C. 2161 (1 male), National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C. 44408 (1 male).

Type Locality

Columbia River and Puget Sound, Washington.

Range

British Columbia, California, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, and Washington. Introduced into Sweden (Svardson, 1965:92) and Japan (Kamita, 1970:140).

Habitat

Streams and lakes.

Remarks

Astacus leniusculus was placed on the Official List of Specific Names in Zoology, name number 2244, in Opinion 855 of the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. (See Melville, 1968:84).

References

Dana, James D. 1852-1855. Crustacea, Part I. In United States Exploring Expedition, During the Years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842, Under the Command of Charles Wilkes, U.S.N., 13: viii + 685 pages (1852), with a folio atlas of 96 plates (1855).

Hobbs, H. H. Jr. 1989. An Illustrated Checklist of the American Crayfishes (Decapoda: Astacidae, Cambaridae, and Parastacidae). Smithsonian Institution Press.

Kamita, Tsuneichi. 1970. Studies on the Fresh-Water Shrimps, Prawns, and Crawfishes of Japan. 213 pages. Patsue.

Melville, R.V., and W.E. China, editors. 1986. Opinion 855. ASTACUS OREGANUS Randall, 1840 (Crustacea, Decapoda) Suppressed Under the Plenary Powers. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, 25(2, 3): 84-85.

Suardson, Gunnar. 1965. The American Crayfish Pacifastacus leniusculus (Dana) Introduced into Sweden. Institute of Freshwater Research, Drottningholm, Report, 46: 90-94, figure 1.

Title Illustrations

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Pacifastacus (Pacifastacus) leniusculus.
Photograph copyright © 1995 David Holdich

Copyright	© 1995 David Holdich

About This Page

Page constructed by Emily Browne.

Keith A. Crandall
Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, USA

James W. Fetzner, Jr.
Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

Horton H. Hobbs, Jr.
Wittenberg University, Springfield, Ohio, USA

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