Procambarus fallax | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Order: | Decapoda |
Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
Family: | Cambaridae |
Genus: | Procambarus |
Species: | P. fallax
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Binomial name | |
Procambarus fallax (Hagen, 1870)
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Synonyms[3] | |
Cambarus fallax Hagen, 1870 |
Procambarus fallax (also known as deceitful crayfish[1] or slough crayfish[2][4]) is a species of crayfish in the genus Procambarus. It lives in tributaries of the Satilla River in Georgia and Florida.[1][2] It is the closest relative to the parthenogenetic marbled crayfish, Procambarus virginalis.[5][6]