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Orconectes durelli

Distribution 2

Global Range: (5000-20,000 square km (about 2000-8000 square miles)) Known from the middle and lower Tennessee, middle and lower Cumberland, and upper Barren River basins in central Tennessee and southern Kentucky (Bouchard and Bouchard, 1995). It also occurs in Lauderdale Co., Alabama (Taylor, 2004; Schuster et al., 2008).

Habitat and ecology 3

Habitat and Ecology

This species inhabits high gradient streams with a cherty gravel substrate and can also be found among leaf litter and in root mats (Bouchard and Bouchard 1995, Fetzner 2008).

Systems
  • Freshwater

Iucn red list assessment 4


Red List Category
LC
Least Concern

Red List Criteria

Version
3.1

Year Assessed
2010

Assessor/s
Adams, S., Schuster, G.A. & 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 durelli has been assessed as Least Concern (LC). This species is relatively widespread, with an EOO in excess of 37,600 km2, is abundant in large parts of its range and has no known major threats.

Nature serve conservation status 5

Rounded Global Status Rank: G5 - Secure

Reasons: Known from the middle and lower Tennessee, middle and lower Cumberland, and upper Barren River basins in central Tennessee and southern Kentucky; and Lauderdale Co., Alabama. This species is relatively widespread and is abundant in large parts of its range and there are no known major threats.

Intrinsic Vulnerability: Unknown

Environmental Specificity: Unknown

Range description 6

This species is known from a wide area of the Tennessee, Cumberland, and Green River basins in Middle Tennessee and nearby Kentucky, USA (Bouchard and Bouchard 1995, Fetzner 2008). This species is also known from Lauderdale County, Alabama ( Tyalor et al. 2007, NatureServe 2009).

The Extent of Occurrence (EOO) of this species has been estimated to exceed 37,600 km2.

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