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The anterior portion of the crayfish is the cephalothorax region. The region rostral to the cephalic groove, which separates the head and thorax region, is characterized by the presence of eyes, antennae and claws while the region caudal contains four pairs of walking legs. This is the crayfish's primary mode of locomotion.
Faxonius shoupi, the Nashville crayfish, is a freshwater crustacean native to the Mill Creek Basin in Nashville, Tennessee. [2] Prior to August 2017, the species was called Orconectes shoupi . [ 4 ] Faxonius shoupi is protected under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) as an endangered species.
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 ...
Malacostraca is the second largest of the six classes of pancrustaceans behind insects, containing about 40,000 living species, divided among 16 orders.Its members, the malacostracans, display a great diversity of body forms and include crabs, lobsters, spiny lobsters, crayfish, shrimp, krill, prawns, woodlice, amphipods, mantis shrimp, tongue-eating lice and many other less familiar animals.
The back spines on the thorax are dark and may be black or vary in colour. Their tubercules are pale brown to orange or yellow. Their abdominal spines are yellow to pale orange though some larger specimens have a blue tinge. Their leg joints may be red or orange while the body of legs are generally dark brown, brown-green or blue-green.
Euastacus spinifer is a species of freshwater crayfish endemic to Australia that belongs to the family Parastacidae. [2] It was first described in 1865 as Astacoides spinifer by Camill Heller, [2] [3] but has been redescribed many times. [2] The argument [4] for the synonymy of the various names has been accepted. [2]
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These crayfish have a small population size, as well as a very low reproductive rate and the relatively long time to reach maturity compared to other crayfish. Human disturbance has a significant impact on this species to their troglobitic nature. This can include anything as small as the presence of humans and disturbance of water in their ...