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Euastacus sulcatus, also known as the Lamington crayfish, is a freshwater crayfish, or "yabby", native to Australia. It is commonly bright blue in colour although also existing in a red and white, rusty red, brown, green, orange and completely white variations are found all around its known region. [ 2 ]
It is commonly called crayfish in Australia and New Zealand and kōura in Māori. [3] They resemble lobsters , but lack the large characteristic pincers on the first pair of walking legs. Spiny rock lobsters are carnivorous , leaving their rock cover to venture out to feed during the night.
Crayfish can be cooked more humanely by first freezing them unconscious for a few hours, then destroying the central nervous system along their abdomen by cutting the crayfish lengthwise with a long knife down the center of the crayfish before cooking it. [46] Global crayfish production is centered in Asia, primarily China.
Euastacus crayfish are distinguished from the smooth-shelled Cherax species by the short robust spikes on their claws and carapace, and frequently, their larger size. Many Euastacus species grow to a relatively large size, with the Murray River crayfish ( Euastacus armatus ) being the second largest freshwater crayfish species in the world.
Euastacus bidawalus, the East Gippsland spiny crayfish, is an Australian freshwater crayfish endemic to the East Gippsland area of Victoria and the far south coast of New South Wales. Description [ edit ]
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The common yabby (Cherax destructor) is an Australian freshwater crustacean in the Parastacidae family.It is listed as a vulnerable species [1] of crayfish by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), though the wild yabby populations remain strong, and have expanded into new habitats created by reservoirs and farm dams.
This crayfish was first described to science as a new species in 1987. [3] There has been little formal study of this species due to its rarity. [5]It has been postulated that the four subterranean crayfish species inhabiting the Ozarks, including Cambarus aculabrum, derive from a common epigean ancestor species that gained access to a historic cave channel in the Ozark Plateau.