Lacunicambarus diogenes (Girard, 1852) is a animal in the Cambaridae family, order Decapoda, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Lacunicambarus diogenes (Girard, 1852)

Lacunicambarus diogenes (Girard, 1852)

Lacunicambarus diogenes, the devil crayfish, is a North American burrowing crayfish found across multiple US states.

Family
Genus
Lacunicambarus
Order
Decapoda
Class
Malacostraca

About Lacunicambarus diogenes (Girard, 1852)

Lacunicambarus diogenes (Girard, 1852), commonly called the devil crayfish or devil crawfish, is a burrowing crayfish species native to North America. It occurs in the Atlantic Coastal Plain and portions of the Piedmont ecoregion, with documented range across New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Louisiana, and Georgia.

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Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Malacostraca Decapoda Cambaridae Lacunicambarus

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