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Devil Crayfish
Lacunicambarus diogenes
24 photos
Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.
Photos you add are credited to you, and you keep the copyright.
Easily confused with
Eastern CrayfishCambarus bartonii
Great Plains MudbugLacunicambarus nebrascensis
Red Swamp CrayfishProcambarus clarkii
Paintedhand MudbugLacunicambarus polychromatus
Virile CrayfishFaxonius virilis
Warpaint MudbugLacunicambarus erythrodactylus
Variable CrayfishCambarus latimanus
White River CrayfishProcambarus acutus
Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| United States | 521 |
|---|---|
| Virginia | 180 |
| North Carolina | 122 |
| Maryland | 108 |
| South Carolina | 27 |
| Alabama | 15 |
| Georgia | 14 |
| District of Columbia | 12 |
| West Virginia | 12 |
| Delaware | 5 |
Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.
Traits
Physical
- ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification
Classification
| Kingdom | Animals · Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Arthropods · Arthropoda |
| Class | Malacostracans · Malacostraca |
| Order | Decapods · Decapoda |
| Family | Cambarid Crayfishes · Cambaridae |
| Genus | Lacunicambarus |
Sources
- Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
- Photos and recordings: the creator and source are on each one.
- How much to rely on each source
Remember the name next time.
Practise Devil Crayfish with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.