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 subgenus for four species, it now contains around 161 species.

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GENUS

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumArthropoda
ClassMalacostraca
OrderDecapoda
FamilyCambaridae

Habitatfreshwater

Observations recorded117,747

Die Gattung Procambarus aus der Überfamilie der Flusskrebse (Astacoidea) ist in Nord- und Mittelamerika beheimatet und umfasst u. a. den parthenogenetischen Marmorkrebs und den Blauen Floridakrebs (P. alleni). Die meisten Arten der Gattung sind im südlichen Nordamerika zu finden. Mit über 140 Arten ist Procambarus die zahlenreichste Gattung der Flusskrebse.

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taxon name: Procambarus
Commons category: Procambarus
taxon common name: アメリカザリガニ属

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Biogeography
Description
Ecology
Taxonomy
Species
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==Biogeography== thumb|The well-known and widespread Procambarus clarkii The majority of the diversity is found in the southeastern United States, but the genus extends as far south as Guatemala and Honduras, and on the Caribbean island of Cuba. After United States, the highest diversity is in Mexico with about 45 species. Only two are native to Guatemala (P. pilosimanus and P. williamsoni), one to Belize (P. pilosimanus), one to Honduras (P. williamsoni) and three to Cuba (P. atkinsoni, P. cubensis and P. niveus).