Orconectes sanbornii (freshwater crayfish) (Newark, Ohio, USA) 8

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Description: English: Orconectes sanbornii (Faxon, 1884) - freshwater crayfish from Ohio, USA. (ventral view) This species is also known as Faxonius sanbornii. The crustaceans are a large group of arthropods that inhabit marine, marginal marine, freshwater, and terrestrial habitats. The crustaceans include crabs, lobsters, shrimp, crayfish, barnacles, ostracods, and other organisms. The oldest fossil crustaceans are in the Cambrian. The group experienced a significant radiation in the oceans during the Mesozoic Marine Revolution. Classification: Animalia, Arthropoda, Crustacea, Malacostraca, Decapoda, Cambaridae Locality: western side of Newark, Licking County, Ohio, USA. Date: 10 September 2018, 21:00:25. Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/47445767@N05/45115561452/. Author: James St. John.