#4473 · 🦀 crabs & other crustaceans

Virile Crayfish

🇳🇱 Geknobbelde Amerikaanse rivierkreeft ·Faxonius virilis

LCleast concern 🦀 Crabs & other crustaceans 📍 in the Netherlands (introduced)

8 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

what is it?

Faxonius virilis is a species of crayfish known as the virile crayfish , northern crayfish, eastern crayfish , and lesser known as the lake crayfish or common crawfish . Faxonius virilis was reclassified in August 2017, and the genus was changed from Orconectes to Faxonius. It is native to eastern United States and southeast Canada.

base stats

NL sightings 21iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 11,733iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

Spotted 21 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #39 most seen of the crabs & other crustaceans in NL.
11,733 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Not originally Dutch: it was introduced to the Netherlands.