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Common Name: white river crawfish
Taxonomy: available through 
Size: can reach 5 in
Native Range: Southern Atlantic coast drainage from Georgia to Maine and from the
Florida panhandle to Mexico; central Mississippi Valley to the upper
Great Lakes drainages.
Nonindigenous Occurrences: Non-specific locations in Connecticut, Maine (east-central), Massachusetts (west-central), and Rhode Island; Lower Hudson River drainage.
Means of Introduction: Probable bait bucket or aquaculture introductions.
Status:
Impact of Introduction: Unknown.
Remarks: Found in sloughs, marshes, temporary pools and other standing water. Breeding appears not to be restricted to one season. Used as human food and in the bait industry.
References
Other Resources: The Crandall Lab
Author: Amy Benson
Revision Date: 10/18/2004 Citation for this information:
Amy Benson. 2009. Procambarus acutus acutus. USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database, Gainesville, FL.
<http://nas.er.usgs.gov/queries/FactSheet.asp?speciesID=216> Revision Date: 10/18/2004
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