''Procambarus fallax'' (also known as slough crayfish
) is a
species
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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 genus ''
Procambarus
''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 ...
''. It lives in
tributaries
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of the
Satilla River
The Satilla River rises in Ben Hill County, Georgia, United States, near the town of Fitzgerald, and flows in a mostly easterly direction to the Atlantic Ocean. Along its approximately U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset hig ...
in
Georgia
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and
Florida
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.
It is the closest relative to the
parthenogenetic
Parthenogenesis (; from the Greek grc, παρθένος, translit=parthénos, lit=virgin, label=none + grc, γένεσις, translit=génesis, lit=creation, label=none) is a natural form of asexual reproduction in which growth and developmen ...
marbled crayfish, ''Procambarus virginalis''.
External links
Photos of Procambarus fallax. By meteorologistsam (CC BY-NC 4.0) https://www.gbif.org/pt/occurrence/3008543956
References
Cambaridae
Freshwater crustaceans of North America
Crustaceans described in 1870
Endemic fauna of the United States
Fauna of the Southeastern United States
Taxa named by Hermann August Hagen
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