An overview of native and invasive crayfish in Mississippi and Alabama

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  • Authors: Adams, Susan B.
  • Publication Year: 2020
  • Publication Series: Magazines or Trade Publications
  • Source: Water Log: A Legal Reporter of the Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant Consortium

Abstract

Mississippi has approximately 63 crayfish species and no known invasive crayfish. Whereas Alabama has about 97 species, including at least three non-natives: the Kentucky River crayfish (Faxonius juvenilis), the gray-speckled crayfish (F. palmeri palmeri), and the virile crayfish (F. virilis). In addition, the red swamp crayfish (Procambarus clarkii) is probably native on Alabama’s Gulf Coastal Plain but introduced elsewhere in the state.

  • Citation: Adams, Susan B. 2020. An overview of native and invasive crayfish in Mississippi and Alabama. Water Log: A Legal Reporter of the Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant Consortium 40(1):12.
  • Keywords: water
  • Posted Date: February 27, 2020
  • Modified Date: March 11, 2020

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