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Procambarus fallax

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Procambarus fallax
Marmorkrebs, a parthenogenetic form of P. fallax
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P. fallax
Binomial name
Procambarus fallax
(Hagen, 1870)
Synonyms [2]

Cambarus fallax Hagen, 1870

Procambarus fallax is a species of crayfish in the genus Procambarus. It lives in tributaries of the Satilla River in Georgia and Florida.[1] A parthenogenetic form of this species is known by the German name Marmorkrebs, or by the informal scientific name Procambarus fallax f. virginalis.[3]

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  2. ^ James W. Fetzner, Jr. (November 22, 2011). "Procambarus (Ortmannicus) fallax (Hagen, 1870)". Crayfish Taxon Browser. Carnegie Museum of Natural History. Retrieved February 12, 2012.
  3. ^ Peer Martin, Nathan J. Dorn, Tadashi Kawai, Craig van der Heiden & Gerhard Scholtz (2010). "The enigmatic Marmorkrebs (marbled crayfish) is the parthenogenetic form of Procambarus fallax (Hagen, 1870)" (PDF). Contributions to Zoology. 79 (3): 107–118.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)