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DISTRIBUTION AND ABUNDANCE
The White River Crayfish is widely
distributed in two separate ranges.
One is down the Atlantic coast of the
U.S. from Massachusetts to Georgia.
The larger extends along the Gulf
coast of Mexico to Georgia then
northward through the Mississippi
basin to the Great Lakes states of
Wisconsin to Ohio. There is some
question as to whether these are all
the same species.
CONSERVATION STATUS (NatureServe)
Global rank: G5
US Fish and Wildlife Service: N5
Committee on the Status of
Endangered Wildlife in Canada: NNA
State Designations: CT (SNA), IL
(SNA) IA (SNA), KY (SU), ME (SNA),
MD (SNA), MA (SNA), MI (S2), MN
(SNA), NH (SNA), NJ (SNA), NM
(SNA), NY (SNA), NC (SNA), OH (S5),
PA (SNA), TN (S5), VT (SNA), VA
(SNA), WV (SNA), WI (S5)
Province Designations: Manitoba
(SNA), Ontario (SNA), Quebec (SNA)
CONSERVATION ISSUES
None.
Distributional range of the White River crayfish, Procambarus acutus acutus, in
North America.
