Genus of crayfishes
Procambarus
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Procambarus lagniappe
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Scientific classification
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Domain:
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Eukaryota
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Kingdom:
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Animalia
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Phylum:
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Arthropoda
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Class:
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Malacostraca
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Order:
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Decapoda
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Suborder:
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Pleocyemata
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Family:
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Cambaridae
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Genus:
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Procambarus Ortmann, 1905 [1]
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Type species
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Procambarus digueti
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Synonyms
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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
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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.