''Cambaroides'' is a

genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...

freshwater Fresh water or freshwater is any naturally occurring liquid or frozen water containing low concentrations of dissolved salts and other total dissolved solids. The term excludes seawater and brackish water, but it does include non-salty mi ...

crayfish Crayfish are freshwater crustaceans belonging to the infraorder Astacidea, which also contains lobsters. Taxonomically, they are members of the superfamilies Astacoidea and Parastacoidea. They breathe through feather-like gills. Some spe ...

from eastern Asia (eastern Russia, northeastern China, Korean Peninsula and Japan). Together with ''

Pontastacus ''Pontastacus'' is a genus of freshwater crayfish native to eastern Europe and western Asia, but also Introduced species, introduced elsewhere. Classification and phylogeny ''Pontastacus'' belongs to the family (biology), family Astacidae, one o ...

'', they are the only crayfish native to Asia. ''Cambaroides'' contains about six species:

Species

* '' Cambaroides dauricus'' (Pallas, 1772) * '' Cambaroides japonicus'' (De Haan, 1841) * '' Cambaroides koshewnikowi'' Birstein & Vinogradov, 1934 * '' Cambaroides sachalinensis'' ( De Haan, 1841) * '' Cambaroides schrenckii'' (Kessler, 1874) * '' Cambaroides similis'' (Koelbel, 1892) * '' Cambaroides wladiwostokiensis'' Birstein & Vinogradov, 1934

References

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