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Slough Crayfish

Procambarus fallax

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Georgia.January 4, February 4, March 4, April 5, May 4, June 3, July 2, August 2, September 3, October 3, November 3, December 3.
United States498
Georgia40
Alabama5
Michigan2
New Mexico1
Indiana1
Ohio1
Wisconsin1

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
GenusProcambarus

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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