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- Kingdom - Animals - Animalia
  - Phylum - Spiders, Insects, and Crustaceans - Arthropoda
    - Class - Crayfish / Amphipods / Pill Bugs - Malacostraca
      - Order - Crayfish - Decapoda
        
        Family - Cambarid crayfishes - Cambaridae
        
        Species - Southern Plains Crayfish - Procambarus simulans

Southern Plains Crayfish - Procambarus simulans

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Non-native Species

Global Rank: G5
State Rank: SNA

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Number of Observations: 8
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References

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- Kennedy, H.L. and S.B. Adams. 2025. Interdisciplinary approaches improve understanding of cryptogenic species: A historical case study of crayfish in Montana, USA. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Water 12:e70014
- Schmidt, S. A., D. A. Schmetterling, I. M. Barnes, and S. B. Adams. 2023. The first occurrence of the southern plains crayfish (Procambarus simulans) documented in Montana, USA. BioInvasions Records 12:272-283.
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Citation for data on this website:
Southern Plains Crayfish — Procambarus simulans. MONTANA FIELD GUIDE™. Montana Natural Heritage Program. Retrieved on October 4, 2026, from https://FieldGuide.mt.gov/speciesDetail.aspx?elcode=ICMAL14940