Procambarus

Procambarus
Temporal range: Early Eocene to present
Procambarus lagniappe
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Family: Cambaridae
Genus: Procambarus
Ortmann, 1905 [1]
Type species
Procambarus digueti
(Bouvier, 1897)
Synonyms
List
  • Cambarus (Girardiella) Lyle, 1938
  • Cambarus (Ortmannicus) Fowler, 1912
  • Cambarus (Paracambarus) Ortmann, 1906
  • Cambarus (Procambarus) Ortmann, 1905
  • Paracambarus Ortmann, 1906
  • Procambarus (Acucauda) Hobbs, 1972
  • Procambarus (Austrocambarus) Hobbs, 1972
  • Procambarus (Capillicambarus) Hobbs, 1972
  • Procambarus (Girardiella) Lyle, 1938
  • Procambarus (Hagenides) Hobbs, 1972
  • Procambarus (Leconticambarus) Hobbs, 1972
  • Procambarus (Lonnbergius) Hobbs, 1972
  • Procambarus (Mexicambarus) Hobbs, 1972
  • Procambarus (Ortmannicus) Fowler,
  • Procambarus (Pennides) Hobbs, 1972
  • Procambarus (Remoticambarus) Hobbs, 1972
  • Procambarus (Scapulicambarus) Hobbs, 1972
  • Procambarus (Villalobosus) Hobbs, 1972

Procambarus is a genus of crayfish in the family Cambaridae, all native to North and Central America. It includes a number of troglobitic species, and the marbled crayfish (marmorkrebs), which is parthenogenetic. Originally described as a subgenus for four species, it now contains around 161 species.

  1. ^ "Procambarus Ortmann, 1905". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved June 14, 2011.