Procambarus paradoxus (Ortmann, 1906)
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Cambarus (Paracambarus) paradoxus Ortmann, 1906 (original combination)
Conservation Status
Missing
Last record: 1940's
IUCN RedList status: Critically Endangered (Possibly Extinct)
Distribution
Type locality: Tetela de Ocampo y La Cañada, 35 kilometers (21.9 mi) northeast of Zacapoaxtla, Estado de Puebla, Mexico
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
"Syntypes, AMS P.5385 (3 specimens), ANSP 5358 (3 specimens) MHNP (25 plus specimens), CM 74.677 (5 specimens), MCZ 6955 (male I, male II, female)" (source: https://www.invertebratezoology.org/NewAstacidea/species.asp?g=Procambarus&s=paradoxus&ssp=)
Media
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Procambarus_paradoxus
References
Original scientific description:
Ortmann, A. E. (1906). Mexican, Central American and Cuban Cambari. Proceedings of the Washington Academy of Sciences 8: 1-24.
Other references:
Alvarez, F., López-Mejía, M. and Pedraza Lara, C. (2010). Procambarus paradoxus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010: e.T153897A4560455. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T153897A4560455.en. Downloaded on 25 December 2015.
Alvarez, Fernando and Villalobos, José Luis. (2015). The crayfish of Middle America, pp. 448-463. In: Kawai, Tadashi, Faulkes, Zen and Scholtz, Gerhard (eds.). Freshwater Crayfish: A Global Overview. Boca Raton: CRC Press.
Hobbs, Horton H. Jr. (1974). A checklist of the North and Middle American crayfishes (Decapoda: Astacidae and Cambaridae). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 166: 1-161.
WoRMS (2021). Procambarus paradoxus (Ortmann, 1906). Accessed at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=885479 on 2021-10-31
https://www.invertebratezoology.org/NewAstacidea/species.asp?g=Procambarus&s=paradoxus&ssp=