Spiny-cheeked Crayfish Faxonius limosus (Rafinesque, 1817)    Synonyms: Orconectes limosus, Spinycheek Crayfish.
Kingdom Animalia   >   Phylum Arthropoda   >   Class Malacostraca   >   Order Decapoda   >   Family Cambaridae   >   Genus Faxonius   

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A Spiny-cheeked Crayfish in Howard Co., Maryland (11/7/2020). Note the wide areola and prominent spines on the cheek region. Photo by Emilio Concari. (MBP list)

A Spiny-cheeked Crayfish (details of the annulus ventralis) in Howard Co., Maryland (11/7/2020). Photo by Emilio Concari. (MBP list)

A Spiny-cheeked Crayfish in Garrett Co., Maryland (8/23/2013). Photo by Matt Tillett. (MBP list)

Spiny-cheeked Crayfish in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (Date obscured). (c) Emilio Concari, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Emilio Concari. (MBP list)

Spiny-cheeked Crayfish in Prince George's Co., Maryland (9/12/2020). (c) Benji Beluga, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Ben Springer. (MBP list)

Spiny-cheeked Crayfish in Charles Co., Maryland (10/3/2020). (c) Emilio Concari, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Emilio Concari. (MBP list)

Spiny-cheeked Crayfish in Charles Co., Maryland (10/3/2020). (c) Emilio Concari, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Emilio Concari. (MBP list)

Spiny-cheeked Crayfish in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (9/9/2020). (c) Sean Sipple, all rights reserved. Photo by Sean Sipple via iNaturalist. (MBP list)

Spiny-cheeked Crayfish in Caroline Co., Maryland (6/26/2022). (c) sercfisheries, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Robert Aguilar, SERC. (MBP list)

Spiny-cheeked Crayfish in Harford Co., Maryland (8/23/2020). (c) mdhafner, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Matt Hafner. (MBP list)

Spiny-cheeked Crayfish in Charles Co., Maryland (10/3/2020). (c) Emilio Concari, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Emilio Concari. (MBP list)


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