Biology:Lacunicambarus polychromatus
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Short description: Species of crustaceans
| Lacunicambarus polychromatus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Family: | Cambaridae |
| Genus: | Lacunicambarus |
| Species: | L. polychromatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Lacunicambarus polychromatus (Thoma, Jezerinac & Simon, 2005)
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Lacunicambarus polychromatus, commonly known as the paintedhand mudbug, is a species of burrowing crayfishes in the family Cambaridae.[1][2]
Description
Lacunicambarus polychromatus is a large, often light brown to green-brown, crawfish. The edges of its tail, head, abdominal segments, and pincers are red, and there are red spots on the pincers.[3]
Range
Lacunicambarus polychromatus is most commonly found in North America at the southern ends of Michigan, Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama, northern Florida, Illinois, and southern Ontario.[4]
Habitat
Lacunicambarus polychromatus lives in muddy lowlands, and is a burrowing species.[3]
References
- ↑ "Paintedhand Mudbug (Lacunicambarus polychromatus)" (in en). https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/786103-Lacunicambarus-polychromatus.
- ↑ "Paintedhand Mudbug (Lacunicambarus polychromatus) | U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service" (in en). https://www.fws.gov/species/paintedhand-mudbug-lacunicambarus-polychromatus.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Paintedhand Mudbug". https://mdc.mo.gov/discover-nature/field-guide/paintedhand-mudbug.
- ↑ "NatureServe Explorer 2.0". https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.786001/Lacunicambarus_polychromatus.
Wikidata ☰ Q107078704 entry
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