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Marbled crayfish

Procambarus virginalis Lyko, 2017

Status not recordedcrabs and lobsters

The marbled crayfish (Procambarus virginalis) is a species in the family Cambaridae, order Decapoda.

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Quick facts about the marbled crayfish

Weight
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Lifespan
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Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the marbled crayfish live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the marbled crayfish as introduced in 4 countries, and flagged as invasive in 2 of them.

  1. Madagascarinvasive
  2. Maltainvasive
  3. Belgium
  4. Israel

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the marbled crayfish endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the marbled crayfish classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classMalacostraca
  4. orderDecapoda
  5. familyCambaridae
  6. genusProcambarus
  7. SpeciesProcambarus virginalis Lyko, 2017

Synonyms Procambarus fallax f. virginalis

Other names and names in other languages (12)
  • MarmorkrebsGerman
  • Écrevisse marbréeFrench
  • márványrákHungarian
  • Gambero di fiume marmorizzatoItalian
  • ミステリークレイフィッシュJapanese
  • 마블가재Korean
  • marmerkreeftDutch
  • Rak marmurkowyPolish
  • Мраморный ракRussian
  • marmorkräftaSwedish
  • 龍紋螯蝦Chinese
  • 大理石紋螯蝦Chinese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the marbled crayfish

Other species in the same genus Procambarus.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the marbled crayfish an invasive species?

In some places. The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species flags the marbled crayfish as invasive in 2 countries: Madagascar and Malta. It lists it as introduced in 4 in all.

What kind of animal is the marbled crayfish?

The marbled crayfish (Procambarus virginalis) belongs to the family Cambaridae in the order Decapoda.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-13. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Marbled crayfish (Procambarus virginalis). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/marbled-crayfish

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BibTeX
@misc{marbled_crayfish_2026,
  title = {Marbled crayfish (Procambarus virginalis)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/marbled-crayfish},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-13}
}