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Devil Crayfish (Cambarus diogenes)

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Devil crayfish
Devil crayfish, Lacunicambarus diogenes, neotype

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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Family: Cambaridae
Genus: Lacunicambarus
Species:
L. diogenes
Binomial name
Lacunicambarus diogenes
(Girard, 1852)
Synonyms
  • Cambarus diogenes
  • Astacus fossor Rafinesque, 1817
  • Cambarus nebrascensis
  • Cambarus obesus Hagen, 1870

Lacunicambarus diogenes, the devil crayfish,devil crawfish,[1][2] is a species of North American burrowing crayfish found in the Atlantic Coastal Plain and parts of the Piedmont ecoregion from New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Louisiana, and Georgia.[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b Cordeiro, J.; Jones, T. & Thoma, R.F. (2010). "Cambarus diogenes". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T153814A4548448. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T153814A4548448.en. Retrieved 8 February 2023.
  2. ^ a b "Lacunicambarus diogenes". NatureServe Explorer An online encyclopedia of life. 7.1. NatureServe. Retrieved 8 February 2023.
  3. ^ Glon, Mael G.; Thoma, Roger F.; Taylor, Chris A.; Daly, Marymegan; Freudenstein, John F. (2018). "Molecular phylogenetic analysis of the devil crayfish group, with elevation of Lacunicambarus Hobbs, 1969 to generic rank and a redescription of the devil crayfish, Lacunicambarus diogenes (Girard, 1852) comb. nov. (Decapoda: Astacoidea: Cambaridae)". Journal of Crustacean Biology. 38 (5): 600–613. doi:10.1093/jcbiol/ruy057.