Red Swamp Crayfish
Procambarus clarkii (Girard, 1852)
Taxonomy
| Kingdom | Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum | Crustacea |
| Class | Malacostraca |
| Order | Decapoda |
| Family | Cambaridae |
| Genus | Procambarus |
| Species | Procambarus clarkii (Girard, 1852) |
Description
Diagnostic characters
- Ecological class
- Stygoxene
- Realm
- Aquatic
Distribution
Range
Known from one county in Texas.
Continent
North America
Country
United States
States and provinces
Texas
Counties
- Texas
- Kendall
Conservation and management
IUCN Red List
LC Least Concern
Assessed in 2010.
NatureServe
G5 Secure
National ranks
- United States
- N5 Secure
Subnational ranks
- Oregon
- SNA Not Applicable
- Missouri
- SNR Unranked
- Utah
- SNA Not Applicable
- Louisiana
- S5 Secure
- Washington
- SNA Not Applicable
- South Carolina
- SNA Not Applicable
- California
- SNA Not Applicable
- Oklahoma
- S3 Vulnerable
- Ohio
- SNA Not Applicable
- Kentucky
- SU Unrankable
- Pennsylvania
- SNA Not Applicable
- Alabama
- S3 Vulnerable
- Indiana
- SNR Unranked
- Hawaii
- SNA Not Applicable
- Illinois
- S4 Apparently Secure
- Texas
- SNR Unranked
- Florida
- S3 Vulnerable
- Nevada
- SNA Not Applicable
- Virginia
- SNA Not Applicable
- Maryland
- SNA Not Applicable
- New York
- SNA Not Applicable
- NJ
- SNA Not Applicable
- North Carolina
- SNA Not Applicable
- Georgia
- SNA Not Applicable
- New Mexico
- SNA Not Applicable
- Idaho
- SNA Not Applicable
- Arkansas
- S4 Apparently Secure
- RI
- SNA Not Applicable
- Massachusetts
- SNR Unranked
- Wyoming
- SNR Unranked
- Mississippi
- SNR Unranked
- Arizona
- SNA Not Applicable
- Tennessee
- S5 Secure
State and federal status
Not listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act
References
- Hobbs, H.H. Jr. & Walton, M. 1968. New entocytherid ostracods from the southern United States. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 120: 237–252. https://www.jstor.org/stable/4064636.
How to cite this account
Procambarus clarkii (Girard, 1852). Cave Biology Data Portal, account SP-1947. https://cavebiology.org/species/procambarus-clarkii/ (accessed 6 September 2026).
Data sources and funding are listed in the Acknowledgments.
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