Faxonius difficilis

Faxonius difficilis, the painted crayfish, is a species of crayfish in the family Cambaridae. It is endemic to Oklahoma and Alabama in the United States.^[2]

Faxonius difficilis
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Vulnerable  (NatureServe)[2]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Suborder:	Pleocyemata
Family:	Cambaridae
Genus:	Faxonius
Species:	F. difficilis
Binomial name
Faxonius difficilis (Faxon, 1898)
Synonyms[1]
Orconectes difficilis

This species used to be a species complex of four subspecies but these have now been redefined. These were:^[1]

• F. difficilis difficilis, the nominate subspecies
• F. d. maletae
• F. d. hathawayi
• F. d. blacki