Procambarus fallax

Procambarus fallax
Marmorkrebs, a parthenogenetic form of P. fallax
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Family: Cambaridae
Genus: Procambarus
Subgenus: Ortmannicus
Species: P. fallax
Binomial name
Procambarus fallax
(Hagen, 1870)
Synonyms [2]

Cambarus fallax Hagen, 1870

Procambarus fallax is a species of crayfish in the genus Procambarus. It lives in tributaries of the Satilla River in Georgia and Florida.[1] A parthenogenetic form of this species is known by the German name Marmorkrebs, or by the informal scientific name Procambarus fallax f. virginalis.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 K. A. Crandall (2010). "Procambarus fallax". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved February 12, 2012.
  2. James W. Fetzner, Jr. (November 22, 2011). "Procambarus (Ortmannicus) fallax (Hagen, 1870)". Crayfish Taxon Browser. Carnegie Museum of Natural History. Retrieved February 12, 2012.
  3. Peer Martin, Nathan J. Dorn, Tadashi Kawai, Craig van der Heiden & Gerhard Scholtz (2010). "The enigmatic Marmorkrebs (marbled crayfish) is the parthenogenetic form of Procambarus fallax (Hagen, 1870)" (PDF). Contributions to Zoology 79 (3): 107–118.


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