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In the United Kingdom and Ireland, the terms crayfish or crawfish commonly refer to the European spiny lobster, a saltwater species found in much of the East Atlantic and Mediterranean. [34] The only true crayfish species native to the British Isles is the endangered white clawed crayfish .
The Australian redclaw crayfish are much larger than the species native to the U.S. They can grow close to 10 inches long, about the size of some lobsters. They are edible and are commonly farmed ...
Lacunicambarus contains the following 12 species, plus 2 currently undescribed species: Lacunicambarus cladogram adapted from Glon et al. 2022. [3] Lacunicambarus acanthura (Hobbs, 1981) (Thornytail Crayfish) Lacunicambarus chimera Glon & Thoma, 2019 (Crawzilla Crawdad) Lacunicambarus dalyae Glon, Williams & Loughman, 2019 (Jewel Mudbug)
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.
A. pallipes is the only crayfish found in Ireland, occurring over limestone areas in rivers, streams, canals, and lakes. In France, A. pallipes is found in streams such as the Mornante and Sellon, two small tributaries of the Dorlay in the Loire department. It is protected as a heritage species. [4]
Procambarus is a genus of crayfish in the family Cambaridae, all native to North and Central America. It includes a number of troglobitic species, and the marbled crayfish (marmorkrebs), which is parthenogenetic. Originally described as a subgenus for four species, it now contains around 161 species.
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.
The Cambaridae are the largest of the four families of freshwater crayfish, with over 400 species. [1] Most of the species in the family are native to the United States east of the Great Divide and Mexico, but fewer range north to Canada, and south to Guatemala and Honduras. Three live on the island of Cuba.