''Cambarellus puer'' is a species of

crayfish Crayfish are freshwater crustaceans belonging to the clade Astacidea, which also contains lobsters. In some locations, they are also known as crawfish, craydids, crawdaddies, crawdads, freshwater lobsters, mountain lobsters, rock lobsters, mu ...

in the family Cambaridae. It is known commonly as the swamp dwarf crayfish. It is native to the United States, where it can be found in

Oklahoma Oklahoma (; Choctaw language, Choctaw: ; chr, ᎣᎧᎳᎰᎹ, ''Okalahoma'' ) is a U.S. state, state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States, bordered by Texas on the south and west, Kansas on the nor ...

, Texas, Louisiana, Illinois, Arkansas, Mississippi, Tennessee, and Kentucky. This crayfish lives in a variety of habitat types, including artificial habitats such as roadside ditches. It is generally found with aquatic vegetation, and it burrows into the substrate during dry periods. It is listed as a least-concern species by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), because it is "secure, widespread and abundant".

References

Cambaridae Endemic crustaceans of the United States Freshwater crustaceans of North America Crustaceans described in 1941 Taxa named by Horton H. Hobbs Jr. {{Crayfish-stub