FACTOID # 57: In 2002, every 1000 Swedes made a bus.
 
 Home   Encyclopedia   Statistics   Countries A-Z   Flags   Maps   Education   Forum   FAQ   About 
 
WHAT'S NEW
RECENT ARTICLES
More Recent Articles »
 

FACTS & STATISTICS    Simple view

  1. Select countries to view: (hold down Control key and click to select several)

     

     

    Compare:

     

     

  1. Select fact or statistic: (* = graphable)

     

     

     

  2. (OPTIONAL) Compare to statistic: (both need to be graphable)

     

     

     

  3. View result as:

     

       
(OR) SEARCH ALL encyclopedia, stats & forums:   

Encyclopedia > Cambaridae
?
Cambaridae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Astacidea
Superfamily: Astacoidea
Family: Cambaridae

Hobbs, 1942 Scientific classification or biological classification is how biologists group and categorize extinct and living species of organisms. ... Phyla Porifera (sponges) Ctenophora (comb jellies) Cnidaria (coral, jellyfish, anenomes) Placozoa (trichoplax) Subregnum Bilateria (bilateral symmetry) Acoelomorpha (basal) Orthonectida (flatworms, echinoderms, etc. ... Subphyla and Classes Subphylum Trilobitomorpha Trilobita - Trilobites (extinct) Subphylum Chelicerata Arachnida - Spiders, Scorpions, etc. ... Classes Remipedia Cephalocarida Branchiopoda Ostracoda Maxillopoda Malacostraca The crustaceans (Crustacea) are a large group of arthropods (55,000 species), usually treated as a subphylum. ... Orders Subclass Eumalacostraca  Superorder Eucarida   Order Amphionidacea   Order Decapoda - crabs, shrimp   Order Euphausiacea - krill  â€ Superorder Pancarida   â€ Order Thermosbaenacea  Superorder Peracarida   Order Amphipoda - amphipods   Order Cumacea - cumaceans   Order Isopoda - pillbugs, sowbugs   Order Lophogastrida   Order Mictacea   Order Mysida   â€ Order Spelaeogriphacea   Order Tanaidacea  Superorder Syncarida   Order Anaspidacea   Order Bathynellacea   â€ Order Palaeocaridacea   Order Stygocaridacea... Suborders Dendrobranchiata Pleocyemata Caridea Stenopodidea Reptantia The decapods or Decapoda are a group of crustaceans within the class Malacostraca, including many familiar groups of crustaceans, such as crabs, lobsters and shrimp, but also some families that are less well known. ... Infraorders Caridea Stenopodidea Reptantia, divided into: Polychelida Achelata Glypheoidea Astacidea Thalassinidea Anomala Brachyura Pleocyemata is a sub-order of decapod crustaceans, erected by Martin Burkenroad in 1963. ... Superfamilies see text Astacidea is a group of decapod crustaceans including lobsters, crayfish and their close relatives. ... The word crayfish or crawfish can mean:- Sea crayfish, also called spiny lobster. ... This article is about the year. ...

Genera
  • Barbicambarus
  • Bouchardina
  • Cambarellus
  • Cambaroides
  • Cambarus
  • Distocambarus
  • Fallicambarus
  • Faxonella
  • Hobbseus
  • Orconectes
  • Procambarus
  • Troglocambarus

Cambaridae is the largest of the three families of freshwater crayfish. Most of the species in the family are native to North America east of the Great Divide, such as the invasive Procambarus clarkii, with fewer species living in East Asia and Japan, such as zarigani (Cambaroides japonicus). In biology, a genus (plural genera) is a grouping in the classification of living organisms having one or more related and morphologically similar species. ... Cambarus is a genus of American crayfish. ... Scientific classification or biological classification refers to how biologists group and categorize extinct and living species of organisms. ... For the village on the Isle of Wight, see Freshwater, Isle of Wight. ... Families Astacoidea   Astacidae   Cambaridae Parastacoidea   Parastacidae Crayfish, sometimes called crawfish, lobsters, crawdads, mudbugs, carmels, yabbies, or spoondogs, are freshwater crustaceans resembling small lobsters, to which they are closely related. ... World map showing North America A satellite composite image of North America North America is a continent in the northern hemisphere bordered on the north by the Arctic Ocean, on the east by the North Atlantic Ocean, on the south by the Caribbean Sea, and on the west by the... This article is about continental divides in general terms. ... Geographic scope of East Asia East Asia is a subregion of Asia that can be defined in either geographical or cultural terms. ... Zarigani (Cambaroides japonicus) is a species of crayfish which lives only in Japan. ...


  Results from FactBites:
 
New Crayfishes (807 words)
New troblobitic crayfish of the genus Orconectes, subgenus Orconectes (Decapoda: Cambaridae), endemic to Shelta Cave, Huntsville, Alabama.
A new crawfish of the genus Orconectes from east-central Mississippi and adjacent Alabama (Crustacea: Decapoda: Cambaridae)".
"Cambarus (Cambarus) angularis, a new crayfish (Decapoda: Cambaridae) from the Tennessee River Basin of northwestern Tennessee and Virginia".
  More results at FactBites »


 

COMMENTARY     


Share your thoughts, questions and commentary here
Your name
Your comments
Please enter the 5-letter protection code

Want to know more?
Search encyclopedia, statistics and forums:

 


Lesson Plans | Student Area | Student FAQ | Reviews | Press Releases |  Feeds | Contact
The Wikipedia article included on this page is licensed under the GFDL.
Images may be subject to relevant owners' copyright.
All other elements are (c) copyright NationMaster.com 2003-5. All Rights Reserved.
Usage implies agreement with terms.