Procambarus digueti

Procambarus digueti is a species of fresh water crayfish in the genus Procambarus and in the family Cambaridae.^[2] It is endemic to tropical regions in the Pacific Coast of Mexico.^[3] It lives in shallow lakes where oxygen is plentiful^[4] and are the only decapod species in Mexico to live in waters 1,800 meters above sea level.^[3] P. digueti is believed to be one of the oldest species of Mexican crayfish due to its unusually low genetic variability between organisms and geographical evidence.^[3] It has experienced a greater amount of habitat loss than other crayfish species have in Mexico,^[3] leading to a decline in its populations^[4] and the IUCN Red List to deem it as an endangered species.^[2]

Procambarus digueti
Zoological specimens
Conservation status
Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Suborder:	Pleocyemata
Family:	Cambaridae
Genus:	Procambarus
Species:	P. digueti
Binomial name
Procambarus digueti (Bouvier, 1897)