Biology:Procambarus milleri
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Short description: Species of crayfish
| Procambarus milleri | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Family: | Cambaridae |
| Genus: | Procambarus |
| Species: | P. milleri
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| Binomial name | |
| Procambarus milleri Hobbs, 1971 [2]
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Procambarus milleri, the Miami cave crayfish is a species of crayfish in the family Cambaridae. It is endemic to Florida, where it is known from 14 to 15 sites in Miami-Dade County, Florida, and is listed as an endangered species on the IUCN Red List.[3]
An aquarium strain has been selectively bred to achieve an orange colour. This is known as the Mandarin crayfish, Tangerine crayfish or Mandarinenkrebs in German.[4] It is the only stygobiotic crayfish known to breed in captivity.[5]
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Aquarium strain, eating -
On an aquarium plant
References
- ↑ "Procambarus milleri". NatureServe. https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.118902/Procambarus_milleri.
- ↑ "Procambarus milleri". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=97541.
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedIUCN - ↑ "Procambarus milleri - Mandarinenkrebs" (in de). https://www.wirbellose.de/artendatenbank/krebse/1917-mandarinenkrebs-procambarus-milleri.
- ↑ Danté B. Fenolio; Matthew L. Niemiller; Benjamin Martinez (13 February 2014). "Observations of reproduction in captivity by the Dougherty Plain Cave Crayfish, Cambarus cryptodytes, (Decapoda: Astacoidea: Cambaridae)". Speleobiology Notes. doi:10.5563/SPBN.V6I0.57.
Wikidata ☰ Q1623707 entry
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