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Cambaroides

Cambaroides is a genus of freshwater crayfish from eastern Asia. Together with Pontastacus, they are the only crayfish native to Asia. Cambaroides contains about six species:

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Cambaroides
Cambaroides japonicus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Astacidea
Superfamily: Astacoidea
Family: Cambaroididae
Genus: Cambaroides
Faxon, 1884
Species

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Cambaroides dauricus source ↗

Cambaroides is a genus of freshwater crayfish from eastern Asia (eastern Russia, northeastern China, Korean Peninsula and Japan). Together with Pontastacus, they are the only crayfish native to Asia. Cambaroides contains about six species:123

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References

  1. James W. Fetzner, Jr. (February 11, 2005). "Genus Cambaroides Faxon, 1884". Crayfish Taxon Browser. Carnegie Museum of Natural History. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved August 21, 2007.
  2. Crandall, Keith A.; De Grave, Sammy (2017). "An updated classification of the freshwater crayfishes (Decapoda: Astacidea) of the world, with a complete species list". Journal of Crustacean Biology. 37 (5): 615–653. doi:10.1093/jcbiol/rux070.
  3. "Cambaroides". GBIF. Retrieved 2020-11-02.