Procambarus digueti is a species of fresh water crayfish in the genus Procambarus and in the family Cambaridae.[2] It is endemic to tropical regions in the Pacific Coast of Mexico.[3] It lives in shallow lakes where oxygen is plentiful[4] and are the only decapod species in Mexico to live in waters 1,800 meters above sea level.[3] P. digueti is believed to be one of the oldest species of Mexican crayfish due to its unusually low genetic variability between organisms and geographical evidence.[3] It has experienced a greater amount of habitat loss than other crayfish species have in Mexico,[3] leading to a decline in its populations[4] and the IUCN Red List to deem it as an endangered species.[2]
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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: | Procambarus |
| Species: | P. digueti
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| Procambarus digueti (Bouvier, 1897)
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References edit
- ^ F. Alvarez; M. López-Mejía & C. Pedraza Lara (2010). "Procambarus digueti". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010. IUCN: e.T153777A4543589. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T153777A4543589.en. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
- ^ a b Naturales), Carlos Pedraza Lara (Museo Nacional de Ciencias; México), Fernando Alvarez (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de; Roo), Marilu López-Mejía (Universidad de Quintana (2010-06-01). "IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: Procambarus digueti". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 2021-04-04.
- ^ a b c d Chong, M. E. Diupotex; Foster, Nora R.; Zarate, Lazaro A. (1997). "A Cytogenetic Study of the Crayfish Procambarus digueti (Bouvier, 1897) (Decapoda, Cambaridae) from Lake Camecuaro, Michoacan, Mexico". Crustaceana. 70 (8): 875–885. doi:10.1163/156854097X00492. ISSN 0011-216X. JSTOR 20105940.
- ^ a b Fanjul-Moles, Marı́a Luisa; Bosques-Tistler, Theresa; Prieto-Sagredo, Julio; Castañón-Cervantes, Oscar; Fernández-Rivera-Rı́o, Leonor (1998-01-01). "Effect of Variation in Photoperiod and Light Intensity on Oxygen Consumption, Lactate Concentration and Behavior in Crayfish Procambarus clarkii and Procambarus digueti". Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A: Molecular & Integrative Physiology. 119 (1): 263–269. doi:10.1016/S1095-6433(97)00413-3. ISSN 1095-6433. PMID 11253792.