Procambarus clarkii ';
General information
 
Procambarus clarkii (Girard, 1852)
 
 
Common nameNot reported
Synonyms
Nil
IUCN Red List status (2014)
Least concern (LC)
Habitat
Freshwater
Systematics
Eukaryota; Metazoa; Ecdysozoa; Arthropoda; Crustacea; Malacostraca; Eumalacostraca; Eucarida; Decapoda; Pleocyemata; Astacidea; Astacoidea; Cambaridae
Geographical distribution
-
Occurrence -
Importance
Food/ornamental/as bait in sport fishing
Remarks
Nil
Karyological information
Geographical area of study Abbasa fish farm, El-Riah El-Tawfiki tributaries, and river Nile, Egypt
Source of chromosomes
blastema and hepatopancreas tissues
Number of specimens with sex
30
Diploid chromosome number
190
Karyotype formula
Not reported
Fundamental arm number
Not reported
Chromosome length
Not reported
Sex chromosome
Not detected
Chromosome staining/banding/FISH
Not reported
Reference(s)
Radwan HA, Hassan AM, Abd El-Aziem SH, Abbass AA (2014). Cytogenetic Characterization and Genetic Variations Between Freshwater Crayfish Procambarus clarkii in Egypt. Research Journal of Pharmaceutical, Biological and Chemical Sciences, 5(2): 1801-1816.