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  2. Crayfish - Wikipedia

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    Most crayfish cannot tolerate polluted water, although some species, such as Procambarus clarkii, are hardier. Crayfish feed on animals and plants, either living or decomposing, and detritus. [1] The term "crayfish" is applied to saltwater species in some countries.

  3. Cambarus zophonastes - Wikipedia

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    Some crayfish within its genus include C. robustus and C. tenebrosus. C. robustus filter feeds algae from the water. C. tenebrosus eats plant material, and occasionally eat small animals such as frogs or salamanders. [7] [8] It is reasonable to conclude that C. zophonastes most likely gets nutrients from very similar eating patterns.

  4. Crayfish as food - Wikipedia

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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.

  5. Aquatic macroinvertebrates - Wikipedia

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    Aquatic macroinvertebrates are insects in their nymph and larval stages, snails, worms, crayfish, and clams that spend at least part of their lives in water. These insects play a large role in freshwater ecosystems by recycling nutrients as well as providing food to higher trophic levels.

  6. Tasmanian giant freshwater crayfish - Wikipedia

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    The diet of the freshwater crayfish varies with age, but predominantly consists of decaying wood, leaves and their associated microbes. They may also eat small fish, insects, rotting animal flesh and other detritus when available. [2] A. gouldi is very long-lived, surviving for up to 60 years. It has previously been reported to attain weights ...

  7. Procambarus alleni - Wikipedia

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    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.

  8. Cambaroides japonicus - Wikipedia

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    They are small in size (6 cm) and grayish in color. Its front claws are much weaker than the American crayfish, which is an invasive species in Japan. The Japanese crayfish needs low temperature and high water purity, so they live in upper streams of rivers or lakes in highland regions.

  9. Pontastacus leptodactylus - Wikipedia

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    Pontastacus leptodactylus, [2] the Danube crayfish, [3] Galician crayfish, [3] Turkish crayfish [4] or narrow-clawed crayfish, is a relatively large and economically important species of crayfish native to fresh and brackish waters in eastern Europe and western Asia, mainly in the Pontic–Caspian region, among others including the basins of the Black Sea, and the Danube, Dnieper, Don and ...