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Rearing white-clawed crayfish at Cynrig hatchery, Wales. Establishing a breeding population from introduced captive-bred animals. Cajun style crawfish A man selling dried crayfish at an African market. Crayfish [a] are freshwater crustaceans belonging to the infraorder Astacidea, which also contains lobsters.
The Tasmanian giant freshwater crayfish (Astacopsis gouldi), also called Tasmanian giant freshwater lobster, is the largest freshwater invertebrate and the largest freshwater crayfish species in the world. The species is only found in the rivers below 400 metres (1,300 ft) above sea level in northern Tasmania, an island-state of Australia.
Paranephrops is a genus of freshwater crayfish found only in New Zealand. They are known by the English common names freshwater crayfish [ 1 ] and koura , [ 2 ] the latter from their Māori name of kōura .
The Everglades crayfish [2] (Procambarus alleni), sometimes called the Florida crayfish, the blue crayfish, the electric blue crayfish, or the sapphire crayfish, is a species of freshwater crayfish endemic to Florida in the United States.
Crayfish are an important part of the freshwater food web as they provide a source of food to many aquatic species and boost primary productivity by foraging on freshwater plants. The loss of crayfish in a freshwater environment is known to cause macrophyte growth, which can be a cause for eutrophication and an overall degradation in water quality.
It is popular as a freshwater aquarium pet across Asia, Europe, and North America. Cherax boesemani is a relatively large crayfish, adult body length is 5–6 in (13–15 cm). [ 2 ] Variable blues, reds, and oranges are the predominant carapace colours, which has led to extensive selective breeding to create new commercial strains , with names ...
Freshwater Crayfish. Freshwater Crayfish. Despite having ‘fish’ in their name, Freshwater Crayfish are a type of crustacean, related to lobsters, crabs, and shrimp. ... Cherry Shrimp are easy ...
The Murray crayfish, Euastacus armatus, is a species of freshwater crayfish endemic to Australia that belongs to the family Parastacidae.The Murray crayfish has the largest geographic range of any of the Euastacus crayfish in Australia, being found in the Murray and Murrumbidgee Rivers as well as many of their tributaries. [2]