Faxonius hathawayi blacki, the Calcasieu crayfish, is a sub-species of crayfish in the family Cambaridae. It is endemic to Louisiana. The common name refers to the Calcasieu River, near where the original specimens were found in Beauregard Parish, Louisiana.[2][3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Family: | Cambaridae |
| Genus: | Faxonius |
| Species: | |
| Subspecies: | F. h. blacki
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| Trinomial name | |
| Faxonius hathawayi blacki (Walls, 1972)
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References
edit- ^ "Orconectes hathawayi ssp. blacki". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
- ^ a b "Faxonius hathawayi blacki". NatureServe Explorer An online encyclopedia of life. 7.1. NatureServe. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
- ^ Crandall, Keith A; De Grave, Sammy (2017). "An updated classification of the freshwater crayfishes (Decapoda: Astacidea) of the world, with a complete species list". Journal of Crustacean Biology. 37 (5): 615–653. doi:10.1093/jcbiol/rux070.
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