Cambarellus

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Cambarellus
Cambarellus patzcuarensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Crustacea Class: Malacostraca Order: Decapoda Family: Cambaridae Genus: Cambarellus Ortmann, 1905[1] Subgenus: Cambarellus (Cambarellus) Cambarellus (Dirigicambarus) Cambarellus (Pandicambarus)
Type species
Cambarus montezumae Saussure, 1857
Species
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Cambarellus is a genus of crayfish in the family Cambaridae. The 17 species are found in Mexico and the Gulf States of the United States. It contains the following species:^[2]

• Cambarellus alvarezi
• Cambarellus areolatus
• Cambarellus blacki
• Cambarellus chapalanus
• Cambarellus chihuahuae
• Cambarellus diminutus
• Cambarellus lesliei
• Cambarellus montezumae — one of two species called acocil
• Cambarellus ninae
• Cambarellus occidentalis
• Cambarellus patzcuarensis
• Cambarellus prolixus
• Cambarellus puer
• Cambarellus schmitti
• Cambarellus shufeldtii
• Cambarellus texanus
• Cambarellus zempoalensis — one of two species called acocil

Adult male of Cambarellus patzcuarensis while feeding. The snail to the left is a great ramshorn, Planorbarius corneus.

Fry of Cambarellus patzcuarensis, about one week old. The diameter of the cup is 8.9 centimetres (approximately 3.5 inches).

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