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Calico Crayfish

Faxonius immunis

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Ontario.January 11, February 11, March 18, April 35, May 67, June 32, July 34, August 32, September 23, October 18, November 12, December 10.
United States633
Canada322
Ontario282
South Dakota200
New York154
Minnesota89
Vermont51
Michigan41
Quebec32
Illinois24

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
GenusFaxonius

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