Red Swamp Crayfish
Procambarus clarkii
Animalia
COMMON
Stats
- Lifespan
- 2-5 yrs
- Size
- Medium
- Diet
- Omnivore
- Activity
- Nocturnal
- Social
- Solitary
- Biome
- Freshwater wetland
- Range
- North America
- Movement
- Walking
- Breeding
- Egg-laying
- Defense
- Armor
- Status
- Common
About
The red swamp crayfish is one of the world's most widespread invasive crustaceans, native to the south-central U.S. but now established on every continent except Antarctica. During drought it seals itself inside a burrow up to a metre deep and can survive for months waiting for rain.
Life cycle
- 1.juvenileA juvenile crustacean takes adult form after its larval phase, growing in stages between molts.
- 2.adultFully grown at adult size and full hard shell.
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Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Malacostraca
- Order
- Decapoda
- Family
- Cambaridae
- Genus
- Procambarus
- Species
- Procambarus clarkii