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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Crustaceans (Crustacea) » Malacostracans (Malacostraca) » Eucarida (Crabs, Crayfish, Shrimp, etc.) (Eucarida) » Crabs, Crayfishes, Lobsters, Prawns, and Shrimp (Decapoda) » Crayfishes and Lobsters (Astacidea) » Crayfish (Astacoidea) » Cambaridae » Procambarus » Subgenus Ortmannicus (Procambarus Subgenus Ortmannicus) » Slough Crayfish (Procambarus fallax)

Species Procambarus fallax - Slough Crayfish

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Range · Habitat · Internet References
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Crustacea (Crustaceans)
Class Malacostraca (Malacostracans)
Superorder Eucarida (Eucarida (Crabs, Crayfish, Shrimp, etc.))
Order Decapoda (Crabs, Crayfishes, Lobsters, Prawns, and Shrimp)
Infraorder Astacidea (Crayfishes and Lobsters)
Superfamily Astacoidea (Crayfish)
Family Cambaridae
Genus Procambarus
No Taxon (Subgenus Ortmannicus)
Species fallax (Slough Crayfish)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Cambarus fallax; Hagen, 1870:45, figs. 103-105.
Cambarus (Cambarus) fallax; Ortmann, 1905c:102.
Cambarus (Ortmannicus) fallax; Fowler, 1912:341 [by implication]; Creaser, 1934b:4 [by implication].
Procambarus fallax; Hobbs, 1942a:342 [by implication]; 1942b:111, figs. 116-120.
Procambarus (Ortmannicus) fallax; Hobbs, 1972a:9; 1974b:55, fig. 235; 1981:416, figs. 14e,136e,138e,156,164,248.
Range
Tributaries of the Satilla River, Georgia, southward through peninsular Florida.
Habitat
Lentic and lotic situations and burrows
Internet References
Carnegie Museum of Natural History: Crayfish Taxon Browser
Contributed by Jason D. Roberts on 15 December, 2011 - 1:19am

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