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Eastern Crayfish

Cambarus bartonii

6,837 observations in the source records

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What the records say

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in North Carolina.January 82, February 99, March 91, April 146, May 147, June 89, July 71, August 67, September 87, October 85, November 66, December 76.
United States5,813
North Carolina1,131
Canada920
Virginia834
New York714
Tennessee497
Maryland440
Ontario437
Quebec325
Pennsylvania310

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassMalacostracans · Malacostraca
OrderDecapods · Decapoda
FamilyCambarid Crayfishes · Cambaridae
GenusCambarus

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