Marbled crayfish: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the marbled crayfish lives – recorded in 2 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Procambarus virginalis
Group	Crabs, lobsters & shrimps
Found in	2 countries
Continents	Europe
Class	Crustacean
Order	Decapoda
Family	Cambaridae

Where does the marbled crayfish live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the marbled crayfish in 2 countries and territories across Europe.

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

What kind of animal is the marbled crayfish?

The marbled crayfish (Procambarus virginalis) is a crustacean in the order Decapoda and the family Cambaridae, genus Procambarus. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the marbled crayfish

The marbled crayfish or Marmorkrebs (Procambarus virginalis) is a parthenogenetic crayfish that was discovered in the pet trade in Germany in 1995. Marbled crayfish are closely related to the "slough crayfish", Procambarus fallax, which is widely distributed across Florida. No natural populations of marbled crayfish are known. Information provided by one of the original pet traders as to where the marbled crayfish originated was deemed "totally confusing and unreliable". The informal name Marmorkrebs is German for "marbled crayfish".

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Marbled crayfish (revision 1380372876), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q61642001 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).