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Funding Provided by Maryland Department of Natural Resources

Casey D. Swecker, Dr. Tom Jones
Marshall University
Huntington, West Virginia

And

Jay Kilian
Maryland Department of Natural Resources

This key was developed to aid in the identification of Maryland crayfishes to species

Authors take responsibility of any errors or misinterpretations associated with this document

This key was based on characters and couplets derived from the following sources:

• The Crayfishes of Pennsylvania
  Ortmann, A.E. 1906. The Crawfishes of the State of Pennsylvania. Memoirs of the Carnegie Museum, Vol. II, No. 10., Pittsburgh, PA.
   

• Maryland Crayfishes
  Meredith, W.G. and F.J. Schwartz. 1960. Maryland Crayfishes. Educational Series 46. Maryland Department of Natural Resources. MANTA-EA-05-6
   

• The Crayfishes of West Virginia
  Jezerinac, Raymond F., G. Whitney Stocker, and Donald C. Tarter. 1995. Crayfishes (Decapoda: Cambaridae) of West Virginia. Ohio Biol. Surv. Bull. New Series Vol. 10 No. 1. X + 19 3p.
   

• The Crayfishes of Kentucky
  Taylor, C.A., and G.A. Schuster. 2004. The Crayfishes of Kentucky. Illinois Natural History Survey Special Publication No. 28. Viii + 219pp.
   

• The Crayfishes of Missouri
  Pflieger, W.L. 1996. The Crayfishes of Missouri. Missouri Department of Conservation, Jefferson City, MO
   

• Checklist of North and Middle American Crayfishes
  Hobbs, H. H., Jr. 1974. A checklist of the Crayfishes (Decapoda: Astacidae, Cambaridae, and Parastacidae). Smithsonian Contr. Zool. 480:1-236
   

• Crayfishes of North and Middle America
  Hobbs, H. H., Jr. 1976. Crayfishes (Astacidae) of North and Middle America. U.S. EPA, Water Pollution Control Research Series, 18050 ELDO5/72. (Second Printing

Acknowledgments:

Special thanks to Zach Loughman (West Liberty State College) for use of specimens and additional photographs included within this key

Photographs by Casey Swecker unless noted

Key development by Casey Swecker & Dr. Tom Jones --- Marshall University, Huntington, West Virginia

Contacts: Swecker4@marshall.edu, Jonest@marshall.edu, JKilian@dnr.state.md.us

 

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