| Procambarus digueti | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Family: | Cambaridae |
| Genus: | Procambarus |
| Species: | P. digueti |
| Binomial name | |
| Procambarus digueti (Bouvier, 1897) | |
Procambarus digueti is a species of fresh water crayfish in the genus Procambarus and in the family Cambaridae. [2] It is endemic to tropical regions in the Pacific Coast of Mexico. [3] It lives in shallow lakes where oxygen is plentiful [4] and are the only decapod species in Mexico to live in waters 1,800 meters above sea level. [3] P. digueti is believed to be one of the oldest species of Mexican crayfish due to its unusually low genetic variability between organisms and geographical evidence. [3] It has experienced a greater amount of habitat loss than other crayfish species have in Mexico, [3] leading to a decline in its populations [4] and the IUCN Red List to deem it as an endangered species. [2]
