Faxonius cooperi

{{Short description|Species of crayfish}} {{Speciesbox | status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name=IUCN>{{Cite iucn |author=Schuster, G.A.|author2= Adams, S. |author3= Taylor, C.A. |name-list-style=amp |year= 2010 |title= ''Orconectes cooperi'' |article-number= e.T15439A4585438 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T15439A4585438.en |access-date=7 May 2023}}</ref> | status2 = G1 | status2_system = TNC | status2_ref = <ref name="NatureServe"/> | genus = Faxonius | species = cooperi | authority = (M.R. Cooper & Hobbs, 1980) |synonyms=''Orconectes cooperi'' <small>M.R. Cooper and Hobbs, 1980</small> |synonyms_ref=<ref>{{ITIS|taxon=''Faxonius cooperi'' (M. R. Cooper and Hobbs, 1980)|id=1133684|access-date=7 May 2023}}</ref> }} '''''Faxonius cooperi''''', the '''Flint River crayfish''', is a species of crayfish in the family Cambaridae. It is endemic to Alabama and Tennessee in the United States.<ref name="NatureServe">{{cite web |title=''Faxonius cooperi'' |url=https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.120183/Faxonius_cooperi |website=NatureServe Explorer An online encyclopedia of life|version=7.1|publisher=NatureServe|access-date=7 May 2023}}</ref> The common name refers to the Flint River, where the original specimens were found.<ref>{{Cite journal |first1=Keith A |last1=Crandall |author-link = Keith A. Crandall |first2=Sammy |last2=De Grave |date=2017 |title=''An updated classification of the freshwater crayfishes (Decapoda: Astacidea) of the world, with a complete species list'' |journal=Journal of Crustacean Biology |volume=37 |issue=5 |pages=615–653 |doi=10.1093/jcbiol/rux070|doi-access=free }}</ref>

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Category:Cambaridae Category:Fauna of the United States Category:Freshwater crustaceans of North America Category:Crustaceans described in 1980 Category:Taxa named by Horton H. Hobbs Jr. Category:Taxobox binomials not recognized by IUCN