Procambarus virginalis

Translingual

Procambarus virginalis

Etymology

Procambarus +‎ virginalis. From being a species of the genus Procambarus which is all-female, and thus reproduces without sex.

Proper noun

Procambarus virginalis m

1. A taxonomic species within the family Cambaridae – marbled crayfish; a species of crayfish found in the wild in Europe that is the only decapod crustacean to reproduce by parthenogenesis, that speciated in the 20th-century from Procambarus fallax (slough crayfish) of Florida.

Synonyms

• Procambarus fallax virginalis (when considered as a subspecies)
• Procambarus fallax forma virginalis (when considered as a breed)

Hypernyms

• (species): Decapoda – order; Cambaridae – family; Cambarinae – subfamily; Procambarus – genus; Procambarus (Ortmannicus) – subgenus

Coordinate terms

• Procambarus fallax

Translations

crayfish

• German: Marmorkrebs

References

• Procambarus virginalis on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Procambarus virginalis on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Procambarus virginalis on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• List of sequenced animal genomes on Wikipedia.Wikipedia