Procambarus fitzpatricki

Procambarus fitzpatricki
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Family: Cambaridae
Genus: Procambarus
Subgenus: P. (Acucauda)
Hobbs, 1972 [1]
Species: P. fitzpatricki
Binomial name
Procambarus fitzpatricki
Hobbs, 1971 [2]

Procambarus fitzpatricki, sometimes called the spinytail crayfish, is a species of crayfish in the family Cambaridae. It is endemic to southern Mississippi, between the Wolf River and the Pascagoula River, and is listed as a species of Least Concern on the IUCN Red List.[3] It is the only species in the subgenus Procambarus (Acucauda).

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