Decapoda

(Crayfish, Shrimp, Crabs)

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As Subspecies:
                  Orconectes palmeri longimanus (Faxon)
                                         (Faxon 1898 in Penn & Hobbs 1958; Fitzpatrick & Suttkus 1992; Hobbs 1972, 1974; Jasper 1996;
                                           Penn 1957b in Penn & Hobbs 1958; Penn & Hobbs 1958; Reddell 1965; Reimer & Clark 1974)
                     syn: Cambarus palmeri longimanus Faxon
                                                              (Hagen 1898 in Penn & Hobbs 1958)

1898 Faxon in Penn & Hobbs
         1958
1898 Hagen in Penn & Hobbs
         1958

1957b Penn in Penn & Hobbs
           1958
1958 Penn & Hobbs

1965 Reddell

1972 Hobbs
1974 Hobbs
1974 Reimer & Clark

1992 Fitzpatrick & Suttkus
1996 Jasper

2008 Johnson & Johnson

[ ] indicate state record, no specific county or locality indicated

notes:

-primarily from flowing streams, in clear sunlit water on mud to sandy substrates with no aquatic vegetation (Penn & Hobbs 1958)

-collected from caves, including several albinos, in Menard County (Reddell 1965)