Decapoda

(Crayfish, Shrimp, Crabs)

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Synonyms:  Cambarus shutfeldtii

1958 Penn & Hobbs

[1972 Hobbs]
1973 Albaugh & Black
1974 Hobbs

[1983 Fitzpatrick]

1992 Bayer et al.
1996 Jasper

2008 Johnson & Johnson
[2008 NatureServe]

[ ] indicate state record, no specific county or locality indicated

notes:

-First Texas Record (Penn & Hobbs 1958)

-most common in shallow, permanent lentic waters with sunlight and abundant vegetation (Penn 1950)

-spawns year round with peaks in early spring and late summer (Penn 1942 & 1950 in Penn & Hobbs 1958)