A new crayfish of the genus Orconectes Cope, 1872 from southern New England (Crustacea: Decapoda: Cambariidae)

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Volumn 121, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 374-381

  Mathews, Lauren M ^a   Warren, Amy H ^a  

^a Worcester Polytechnic Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRAYFISH; IDENTIFICATION KEY; MORPHOLOGY; NEW GENUS; NEW SPECIES;

NEW ENGLAND; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ASTACOIDEA; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); GREMICAMBARUS; ORCONECTES VIRILIS;

EID: 45849112583     PISSN: 0006324X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2988/08-02.1     Document Type: Article

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