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Faxonius acares, or the redspotted stream crayfish, is a species of freshwater crayfish endemic to the Arkansas River and the Ouachita River of the Ouachita National Forest and Ouachita Mountains, Arkansas.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Redspotted Stream 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
- Faxonius leptogonopodus
- Faxonius compressus
- Cambarus longulus
- Faxonius ozarkae
- Cambarus acuminatus
- Cherax depressus
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Malacostraca
- Order
- Decapoda
- Family
- Cambaridae
- Genus
- Faxonius
- Species
- Faxonius acares
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