''Faxonella creaseri'' is a

species A species () is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction. It is the basic unit of Taxonomy (biology), ...

crayfish Crayfish are freshwater crustaceans belonging to the infraorder Astacidea, which also contains lobsters. Taxonomically, they are members of the superfamilies Astacoidea and Parastacoidea. They breathe through feather-like gills. Some spe ...

, a

decapod The Decapoda or decapods, from Ancient Greek δεκάς (''dekás''), meaning "ten", and πούς (''poús''), meaning "foot", is a large order of crustaceans within the class Malacostraca, and includes crabs, lobsters, crayfish, shrimp, and p ...

crustacean in the family

Cambaridae The Cambaridae are the largest of the four families of freshwater crayfish, with over 400 species. Most of the species in the family are native to the United States east of the Great Divide and Mexico, but fewer range north to Canada, and south ...

. It is one of the four species in the genus '' Faxonella''. The species is found in the northern lakes and rivers in

North America North America is a continent in the Northern Hemisphere, Northern and Western Hemisphere, Western hemispheres. North America is bordered to the north by the Arctic Ocean, to the east by the Atlantic Ocean, to the southeast by South Ameri ...

. It is documented that the species is found in

Louisiana Louisiana ( ; ; ) is a state in the Deep South and South Central regions of the United States. It borders Texas to the west, Arkansas to the north, and Mississippi to the east. Of the 50 U.S. states, it ranks 31st in area and 25 ...

Taxonomic classification

A modern update of the systemic classification was given by Fetzner et al.: (2005). Fetzner Jr, W
Family Cambaridae Hobbs, 1942
, ''Crayfish Taxon Browser'' -

Carnegie Museum of Natural History The Carnegie Museum of Natural History (abbreviated as CMNH) is a natural history museum in the Oakland (Pittsburgh), Oakland neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It was founded by List of people from the Pittsburgh metropolitan area, Pit ...

, 9 May 2005. * Order

Decapoda The Decapoda or decapods, from Ancient Greek δεκάς (''dekás''), meaning "ten", and πούς (''poús''), meaning "foot", is a large order of crustaceans within the class Malacostraca, and includes crabs, lobsters, crayfish, shrimp, a ...

- 2700 families, 15,000 species Latreille, 1802 ** Suborder

Reptantia Reptantia is a clade of decapod crustaceans named in 1880 which includes lobsters, crabs and many other well-known crustaceans. Classification In older classifications, Reptantia was one of the two suborders of Decapoda alongside Natantia, w ...

*** Infraorder

Astacidea Astacidea is an infraorder of decapod crustaceans including lobsters (but not "lobsters" such as the spiny lobster etc.), crayfish, and their close relatives. Description The Astacidea are distinguished from most other decapods by the presence ...

, crayfish and lobsters **** Superfamily

Astacoidea Latreille, 1802 ***** Family

Hobbs, 1942 ****** Sub-family Cambarinae Hobbs, 1942 ****** ''Genus Faxonella'' Creaser, 1933 ******* '' Faxonella beyeri'' (Penn, 1950) - North America ******* '' Faxonella blairi'' Hayes and Reimer, 1977 - North America ******* '' Faxonella clypeata'' (Hay, 1899) - North America ******* ''Faxonella creaseri'' Walls, 1968 - North America

References

External links

Global Crayfish Resources
- ''The Carnegie Museum of Natural History'' (eng). Accessed 27 January 2014. * de Grave, Sammy, et al.
«A classification of living and fossil genera of decapod crustaceans»
in: ''Raffles Bulletin of Zoology''. Suppl. 21, 2009, page 1–109 {{Italic title Cambaridae Fauna of the United States Crustaceans described in 1968