Procambarus clarkii, known variously as the red swamp crayfish, Louisiana crawfish or mudbug, is a species of cambarid crayfish native to freshwater bodies of northern Mexico, and southern and southeastern United States, but also introduced elsewhere (both in North America and other continents), where it is often an invasive pest.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Red Swamp Crayfish being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Procambarus acutus
- Procambarus troglodytes
- Procambarus simulans
- Procambarus alleni
- Procambarus virginalis
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Malacostraca
- Order
- Decapoda
- Family
- Cambaridae
- Genus
- Procambarus
- Species
- Procambarus clarkii
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