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Cambarid Crayfishes
Cambaridae
Cambaridae is the largest of the three families of freshwater crayfish, with over 400 species. Most of the species in the family are native to North America east of the Great Divide (south to Guatemala and including the island Cuba), such as the invasive species Procambarus clarkii and Orconectes rusticus. Fewer species, all in the genus Cambaroides, live in eastern Asia.
14 branches of this family, most-observed first
Procambarus
genusProcambarus
Faxonius
genusFaxonius
Cambarus
genusCambarus
Lacunicambarus
genusLacunicambarus
Creaserinus
genusCreaserinus
Fallicambarus
genusFallicambarus
Dwarf Crayfishes
genusCambarellus
Orconectes
genusOrconectes
Faxonella
genusFaxonella
Bottlebrush Crayfishes
genusBarbicambarus
Distocambarus
genusDistocambarus
Hobbseus
genusHobbseus
Troglocambarus
genusTroglocambarus
Bayou Bodcau Crayfishes
genusBouchardina
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 47782.