Misplaced Pages

Procambarus pictus
Conservation status
Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Suborder:	Pleocyemata
Family:	Cambaridae
Genus:	Procambarus
Species:	P. pictus
Binomial name
Procambarus pictus (Hobbs, 1940)

Procambarus pictus, sometimes called the Black Creek crayfish or spotted royal crayfish, is a species of crayfish in family Cambaridae. It is endemic to Florida, where it is found in the Black Creek river system, the St. Johns River, and the upper Etoniah Creek.

Appearance

This species of crayfish has yellow to white stripes and spots on a black carapace, with its abdomen consisting of black and rust colored bands.

References

1. ^ Moler, P.; Crandall, K.A. (2010). "Procambarus pictus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T18213A7811189. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T18213A7811189.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
2. "Procambarus pictus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
3. "Field Guide to the Rare Animals of Florida Florida", Natural Areas Inventory, 2001

This crayfish article is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

• v
• t
• e

• IUCN Red List near threatened species
• Cambaridae
• Endemic fauna of Florida
• Endemic crustaceans of the United States
• Freshwater crustaceans of North America
• Crustaceans described in 1940
• Taxa named by Horton H. Hobbs Jr.
• Crayfish stubs