Lacunicambarus diogenes, the devil crayfish or devil crawfish, is a species of North American burrowing crayfish found in the Atlantic Coastal Plain and parts of the Piedmont ecoregion from New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Louisiana, and Georgia.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Devil 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
- Lacunicambarus nebrascensis
- Lacunicambarus thomai
- Lacunicambarus erythrodactylus
- Lacunicambarus polychromatus
- Lacunicambarus dalyae
- Procambarus gracilis
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Malacostraca
- Order
- Decapoda
- Family
- Cambaridae
- Genus
- Lacunicambarus
- Species
- Lacunicambarus diogenes
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