Orconectes barrenensis
Distribution 2
Global Range: (1000-5000 square km (about 400-2000 square miles)) This species is endemic to the Green River drainage of north-central Tennessee and central Kentucky (Hobbs, 1989).
Habitat and ecology 3
Habitat and Ecology
This species is usually found in moderately flowing water (Rhoades 1944), and is known to occur under cobble sized rocks (S. Adams, G. Schuster and C. Taylor pers. comm. 2009).
Systems
- Freshwater
Iucn red list assessment 4
Red List Category
LC
Least Concern
Red List Criteria
Version
3.1
Year Assessed
2010
Assessor/s
Schuster, G.A., Adams, S. & Taylor, C.A.
Reviewer/s
Collen, B. & Richman, N.
Contributor/s
Livingston, F., Livingston, F., Soulsby, A.-M., Batchelor, A., Dyer, E., Whitton, F., Milligan, H.T., Smith, J., Lutz, M.L., De Silva, R., McGuinness, S., Kasthala, G., Jopling, B., Sullivan, K. & Cryer, G.
Justification
Orconectes barrenensis has been listed as Least Concern. Although this species has a relatively restricted range, with an extent of occurrence of approximately 15409 km2, it is common to abundant in suitable habitat and has no major threat processes impacting upon it. Further research is required to determine the abundance of this species, and whether it is being impacted upon by any major threat processes.
Nature serve conservation status 5
Rounded Global Status Rank: G4 - Apparently Secure
Reasons: This species is endemic to the Green River drainage of north-central Tennessee and central Kentucky (Hobbs, 1989).
Intrinsic Vulnerability: Unknown
Environmental Specificity: Unknown
Range description 6
This species is found in the BarrenRiver drainage in Kentucky and Tennessee (Rhoades 1944), and Green River system in Kentucky (Taylor and Schuster 2004). This species has a distribution of approximately 15409 km2.
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