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Giant Salmonfly (Pteronarcys californica)

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Giant Salmonfly

Giant Salmonfly (Pteronarcys californica)

Pteronarcys californica

Other common names: California Salmonfly

NatureServe conservation status

Global (G-rank): G5
State (S-rank): S2

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Species range

Derived from data from NAMC and iNaturalist.

Threats or limiting factors

"Based of Threats Assessments sheet." Note by Jackson Birrell; The assigned overall threat impact was designated by Jackson Birrell to be B=High, but the automatically calculated overall threat impact was calculated to be A=Very High when input into Biotics by Rachel Irvin using the "P. californica 2023 Statutory Wildlife SGCNs Threats" document, provided by Jackson Birrell.

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Multicellular organisms that are autotrophic or make complex carbohydrates from basic constituents. Most use photosynthesis.

Flowering plants that produce seeds enclosed in an ovary

Multicellular organisms that develop from the fertilization of an egg by a sperm. Heterotrophic - obtain food by ingestion.

Have skulls and backbones.

Cold blooded, lay eggs on land

Have feathers and lay eggs

Invertebrates with an exoskeleton, jointed appendages, and segmented bodies

Animals having 3 pair of legs, 3 body sections, generally 1 or 2 pair of wings, 1 pair of antennae.

Soft bodied animals with an internal or external shell and a toothed tongue or radula. Have a mantle that lines and secretes the shell and a muscular foot that allows for movement.

Two hinged lateral shells and a wedged shaped "foot". Bivalves lack tentacles and a head.


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