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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Order: | Decapoda |
Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
Family: | Cambaridae |
Genus: | Cambarus |
Species: | C. monongalensis
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Binomial name | |
Cambarus monongalensis
Ortmann, 1905
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Cambarus monongalensis, the blue crayfish [2] or Monongahela crayfish, [1] is a species of burrowing crayfish native to Pennsylvania and West Virginia. [2] [3] [4] It has also been found recently in Ohio. [5] The common name refers to the Monongahela River, with the first specimens being collected from Edgewood Park, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. [6] It is included on the IUCN Red List as a species of Least Concern. [1]
It should not be confused with Procambarus alleni, also known as the blue crayfish, which is endemic to Florida and a popular aquarium crustacean.
Cambarus monongalensis | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Order: | Decapoda |
Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
Family: | Cambaridae |
Genus: | Cambarus |
Species: | C. monongalensis
|
Binomial name | |
Cambarus monongalensis
Ortmann, 1905
|
Cambarus monongalensis, the blue crayfish [2] or Monongahela crayfish, [1] is a species of burrowing crayfish native to Pennsylvania and West Virginia. [2] [3] [4] It has also been found recently in Ohio. [5] The common name refers to the Monongahela River, with the first specimens being collected from Edgewood Park, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. [6] It is included on the IUCN Red List as a species of Least Concern. [1]
It should not be confused with Procambarus alleni, also known as the blue crayfish, which is endemic to Florida and a popular aquarium crustacean.