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State of Michigan - Crayfish Species Checklist, James W. Fetzner Jr., Section of Invertebrate Zoology, Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Pittsburgh, PA, ...
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 . [ 4 ]
Procambarus is a genus of crayfish in the family Cambaridae, all native to North and Central America. It includes a number of troglobitic species, and the marbled crayfish (marmorkrebs), which is parthenogenetic. Originally described as a subgenus for four species, it now contains around 161 species.
In 1983, the state of Louisiana designated the Louisiana crawfish, Procambarus clarkii, as their state crustacean. [10] The native range of P. clarkii is along the Gulf Coast from northern Mexico to the Florida panhandle, as well as inland, to southern Illinois and Ohio. [11]
Crayfish usually have limited home range and so they rest, digest, and eliminate their waste, most commonly in the same location each day. Feeding exposes the crayfish to risk of predation, and so feeding behaviour is often rapid and synchronised with feeding processes that reduce such risks — eat, hide, process and eliminate.
Procambarus acutus, the white river crayfish, is a species of crayfish in the family Cambaridae. It is found in North America and Europe. [3] [4] [1] [5] The IUCN conservation status of Procambarus acutus is "LC", least concern, with no immediate threat to the species' survival. The IUCN status was reviewed in 2010. [1]
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Faxonius immunis is a species of crayfish in the family Cambaridae. [2] It is native to North America and it is an introduced species in Europe, where it lives along the Upper Rhine . Its common names include calico crayfish and papershell crayfish .