Orconectes putnami (Crayfishes and Shrimp of the Green River, KY)

Orconectes putnami

Distribution ¹

Global Range: (20,000-2,500,000 square km (about 8000-1,000,000 square miles)) Revision of range was made by Taylor (2000) where he defined the range as being disjunct with populations in the middle and upper Green River system and middle and upper Cumberland River system in Kentucky and Tennessee, in the western Highland Rim of the Tennessee River system of western Tennessee and northern Alabama.

Habitat and ecology ²

Habitat and Ecology

This species inhabits creeks and streams, perfers riffle habitat under large cobble (McNeely et al. 1999, Fezner 2008).

Systems

Freshwater

Iucn red list assessment ³

Red List Category

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 putnami has been assessed as Least Concern (LC) due to its wide range (equating to an EOO of more than 58,000 km²)and high abundance in suitable habitat. It is unlikely that this species is being adversely affected by any threats.

Nature serve conservation status ⁴

Rounded Global Status Rank: G5 - Secure

Reasons: Revision of range was made by Taylor (2000) where he determined a disjunct distribution with populations occurring in central Kentucky and northern Tennessee, and in southcentral Tennessee and northern Alabama. It is unlikely that this species is being adversely affected by any threats.

Intrinsic Vulnerability: Not intrinsically vulnerable

Environmental Specificity: Broad. Generalist or community with all key requirements common.

Range description ⁵

This species is found in the Ohio drainage system in western Kentucky, USA. Its distribution also extends to southern Tennessee and northern Alabama (Taylor 2000).The Extent of Occurrence (EOO) of this species has been estimated to exceed58,000 km².

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