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Ambiguous Crayfish

Cambarus striatus

677 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 Alabama.January 46, February 50, March 52, April 92, May 65, June 42, July 35, August 34, September 44, October 47, November 38, December 39.
United States1,480
Alabama583
Georgia247
Tennessee206
Mississippi202
South Carolina81
North Carolina70
Kentucky16
Louisiana15
Arkansas3

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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