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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 such as Blue Moon , Supernova , Papuan red , tricolor and Red Brick .
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 ...
Cherax, commonly known as yabby/yabbies in Australia, is the most widespread genus of fully aquatic crayfish in the Southern Hemisphere. Various species of cherax may be found in both still and flowing bodies of freshwater across most of Australia and New Guinea. Together with Euastacus, it is also the largest crayfish genus in the Southern ...
Abludomelita obtusata, an amphipod. Crustaceans (from Latin meaning: "those with shells" or "crusted ones") are invertebrate animals that constitute one group of arthropods that are a part of the subphylum Crustacea (/ k r ə ˈ s t eɪ ʃ ə /), a large, diverse group of mainly aquatic arthropods including decapods (shrimps, prawns, crabs, lobsters and crayfish), seed shrimp, branchiopods ...
The Cambarellus diminutus, known as the Least Dwarf Crayfish, is in the subgenus Pandicambarus of the genus Cambarellus, [4] this animal is typically 1–2 cm in size [5] and an omnivore that typically feeds on anything but should be fed a diet of sinking pellet.
The genus Cambarus is the second largest freshwater crayfish genus inhabiting the Northern Hemisphere, with only sixty fewer species than the genus Procambarus. [2] Though Cambarus are varied across species, the two terminal elements that make up the male form I gonopod form ninety degree angles with the central appendage, allowing for their identification.
Cambarus monongalensis, the blue crayfish [2] or Monongahela crayfish, [1] is a species of burrowing crayfish native to Pennsylvania and West Virginia. [2] [3] [4] It has also been found recently in Ohio. [5] The common name refers to the Monongahela River, with the first specimens being collected from Edgewood Park, Allegheny County ...
Red swamp crayfish outcompete other native species for food and habitat — and can cause structural damage to dams and levees. Invasive crayfish crisis: Scientists' quest to protect native ...