Lacunicambarus ludovicianus

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Painted devil crayfish
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Lacunicambarus ludovicianus, Mississippi
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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]
  • Cambarus ludovicianus
  • Cambarus diogenes var. ludoviciana

Lacunicambarus ludovicianus, the painted devil crayfish, [1] [2] is a species of North American burrowing crayfish found in the Lower Mississippi drainage and in eastern and central Texas, Alabama, Kentucky, Missouri, and Oklahoma.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Cordeiro, J.; Jones, T. & Thoma, R.F. (2010). "Cambarus ludovicianus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2010: e.T154030A4579130. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T154030A4579130.en . Retrieved 8 February 2023.
  2. 1 2 "Lacunicambarus ludovicianus". NatureServe Explorer An online encyclopedia of life. 7.1. NatureServe. Retrieved 8 February 2023.