Kisatchie Painted Crayfish

Faxonius maletae

Classification

Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Family: Cambaridae

Faxonius maletae, sometimes called the Kisatchie painted crayfish or Kisatchie painted crawfish, is a species of crawdad in the Cambaridae family. The specific epithet maletae is in honor of the discoverer's wife, author Maleta M. Walls, who helped collect many of the original specimens.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

Sources and credits

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Kisatchie Painted Crayfish

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