Procambarus fallax (also known as deceitful crayfish[1] or slough crayfish[2][4]) is a species of crayfish in the genus Procambarus. It lives in tributaries of the Satilla River in Georgia and Florida.[1][2] It is the closest relative to the parthenogenetic marbled crayfish, Procambarus virginalis.[5][6]

Procambarus fallax

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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Family: Cambaridae
Genus: Procambarus
Species:
P. fallax
Binomial name
Procambarus fallax
(Hagen, 1870)
Synonyms[3]

Cambarus fallax Hagen, 1870

External links edit

  Media related to Procambarus fallax at Wikimedia Commons Photos of Procambarus fallax. By meteorologistsam (CC BY-NC 4.0) https://www.gbif.org/pt/occurrence/3008543956

References edit

  1. ^ a b c Crandall, K.A. (2010). "Procambarus fallax". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T153961A4569411. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T153961A4569411.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b c "Procambarus fallax". NatureServe Explorer An online encyclopedia of life. 7.1. NatureServe. Retrieved 28 February 2023.
  3. ^ James W. Fetzner Jr. (November 22, 2011). "Procambarus (Ortmannicus) fallax (Hagen, 1870)". Crayfish Taxon Browser. Carnegie Museum of Natural History. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved February 12, 2012.
  4. ^ C.A. Taylor; G.A. Schuster; J.E. Cooper; R.J. DiStefano; A.G. Eversole; P. Hamr; H.H. Hobbs III; H.W. Robison; C.E. Skelton; R.F. Thoma (2007). "A reassessment of the conservation status of crayfishes of the United States and Canada after 10+ years of increased awareness". Fisheries. 32 (8): 372–389. doi:10.1577/1548-8446(2007)32[372:AROTCS]2.0.CO;2.
  5. ^ 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)". Contributions to Zoology. 79 (3): 107–118. doi:10.1163/18759866-07903003. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-05-21. Retrieved 2012-02-12.
  6. ^ Lyko, Frank (2017). "The marbled crayfish (Decapoda: Cambaridae) represents an independent new species". Zootaxa. 4363 (4): 544–552. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4363.4.6. PMID 29245391.