Procambarus fallax
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| Procambarus fallax | |
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| Marmorkrebs, a parthenogenetic form of P. fallax | |
| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Crustacea |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Family: | Cambaridae |
| Genus: | Procambarus |
| Subgenus: | Ortmannicus |
| Species: | P. fallax |
| Binomial name | |
| Procambarus fallax (Hagen, 1870) | |
| Synonyms [2] | |
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Cambarus fallax Hagen, 1870 | |
Procambarus fallax is a species of crayfish in the genus Procambarus. It lives in tributaries of the Satilla River in Georgia and Florida.[1] A parthenogenetic form of this species is known by the German name Marmorkrebs, or by the informal scientific name Procambarus fallax f. virginalis.[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 K. A. Crandall (2010). "Procambarus fallax". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved February 12, 2012.
- ↑ James W. Fetzner, Jr. (November 22, 2011). "Procambarus (Ortmannicus) fallax (Hagen, 1870)". Crayfish Taxon Browser. Carnegie Museum of Natural History. Retrieved February 12, 2012.
- ↑ Peer Martin, Nathan J. Dorn, Tadashi Kawai, Craig van der Heiden & Gerhard Scholtz (2010). "The enigmatic Marmorkrebs (marbled crayfish) is the parthenogenetic form of Procambarus fallax (Hagen, 1870)" (PDF). Contributions to Zoology 79 (3): 107–118.
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