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Like other edible crustaceans, only a small portion of the body of a crayfish is edible. In most prepared dishes, such as soups, bisques and étouffées , only the tail portion is served. At crawfish boils or other meals where the entire body of the crayfish is presented, other portions, such as the claw meat, may be eaten.
The crayfish are collected from the wild in traps, a practice which is being replaced by more intensive aquaculture of the signal crayfish in man-made ponds. [6] The consumption of crayfish is an important part of traditional Nordic culture, including the crayfish party ( Swedish : kräftskiva ; Finnish : rapujuhlat ), a feast to mark the end ...
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 ]
Faxonius virilis is a species of crayfish known as the virile crayfish, northern crayfish, eastern crayfish, and lesser known as the lake crayfish or common crawfish. Faxonius virilis was reclassified in August 2017, and the genus was changed from Orconectes to Faxonius . [ 4 ]
Cherax pulcher is part of the subgenus Astaconephrops. It is the nineteenth Cherax species to have been discovered in West Papua in Indonesia ( Cherax are not known from other Indonesian regions). The most morphologically similar species, C. boesemani , is found in the Ajamaru Lake and the Ajamaru River, approximately 22 kilometres (14 mi) away.
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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.
Procambarus zonangulus, the white river crawfish, [4] white river crayfish [5] or southern white river crayfish, [1] [6] is a species of freshwater crayfish. It is a distinct but closely related species from Procambarus acutus , which is also known as white river crayfish and has a wider range.