Cambarellus (Cambarellus)

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Cambarellus (Cambarellus)
Cambarellus patzcuarensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Crustacea Class: Malacostraca Order: Decapoda Family: Cambaridae Genus: Cambarellus Subgenus: Cambarellus (Cambarellus) Ortmann, 1905[1]
Species
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Cambarellus (Cambarellus) is a subgenus of crayfish in the genus Cambarellus in the family Cambaridae. The species are all native to Mexico and the Gulf States of the United States.

[edit] Species

• Cambarellus alvarezi Villalobos, 1952
• Cambarellus areolatus (Faxon, 1885)
• Cambarellus chapalanus (Faxon, 1898)
• Cambarellus chihuahuae Hobbs, 1980
• Cambarellus montezumae (Saussure, 1857)
• Cambarellus occidentalis (Faxon, 1898)
• Cambarellus patzcuarensis Villalobos, 1943
• Cambarellus prolixus Villalobos & Hobbs, 1981
• Cambarellus zempoalensis Villalobos, 1943

Adult male of Cambarellus patzcuarensis. The shrimp to the left is a "Snowball shrimp", Neocaridina cf. zhangjiajiensis "White", sometimes referred to as "White Pearl shrimp".

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

[edit] References

1. ^ Cambarellus (Cambarellus) (TSN 650259). Integrated Taxonomic Information System.

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