Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Surgeon 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 compressus
- Faxonius obscurus
- Faxonius ozarkae
- Faxonius punctimanus
- Cambarus acuminatus
- Faxonius placidus
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Malacostraca
- Order
- Decapoda
- Family
- Cambaridae
- Genus
- Faxonius
- Species
- Faxonius forceps
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