Procambarus alleni

Taxobox |

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image_width = 240px
image_caption = "Procambarus alleni"
name = "Procambarus alleni"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
subphylum = Crustacea
classis = Malacostraca
ordo = Decapoda
infraordo = Astacidea
familia = Cambaridae
genus = "Procambarus"
subgenus = "P. (Leconticambarus)"
species = "P. alleni"
binomial = "Procambarus alleni"
binomial_authority = (Faxon, 1884) [ITIS|ID=97498|taxon="Procambarus alleni"]

"Procambarus alleni" is a species of freshwater crayfish endemic to Florida. Its natural range is the area east of St. Johns River and all of Florida from Levy County and Marion County southwards, as well as on some of the Keys. It is widely sold in the aquarium trade under a variety of names, including the "blue crayfish" or "blue lobster".Can be aggressive to other crustaceans.

References

*cite web |url=http://crayfish.byu.edu/astacidea/Cambaridae/Procambarus/leconticambarus/procambarus_alleni.html |author = Crandal, K. A. & J. W. Fetzner |date=2003-05-17 |title="Procambarus (Leconticambarus) alleni" (Faxon, 1884)

External links

*cite web |url= [aquariumwiki:Blue Crayfish |title=!Blue Crayfish] |publisher=The Aquarium Wiki |date=2006-04-15