Cambarellus

Cambarellus
Cambarellus patzcuarensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Family: Cambaridae
Genus: Cambarellus
Ortmann, 1905 [1]
Type species
Cambarus montezumae
Saussure, 1857

Cambarellus is a genus of small freshwater crayfish in the family Cambaridae. The 17 species are found in Mexico and the Gulf States of the United States. Among the Mexican species, three (C. areolatus, C. patzcuarensis and C. prolixus) are considered seriously threatened by the IUCN and two (C. alvarezi and C. chihuahuae) are already extinct. An orange form of C. patzcuarensis is regularly seen in the freshwater aquarium trade. The genus contains the following species:[2]

Subgenus Cambarellus
Subgenus Dirigicambarus
Subgenus Pandicambarus

References

  1. "Cambarellus Ortmann, 1905". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved June 13, 2011.
  2. James W. Fetzner, Jr. (January 14, 2008). "Cambarellus Ortmann, 1905". Crayfish Taxon Browser. Carnegie Museum of Natural History.
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