Painted devil crayfish | |
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Lacunicambarus ludovicianus, Mississippi | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Crustacea |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Order: | Decapoda |
Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
Family: | Cambaridae |
Genus: | Lacunicambarus |
Species: | L. ludovicianus |
Binomial name | |
Lacunicambarus ludovicianus Faxon, 1884 | |
Synonyms [1] | |
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