Blue Marbled Crayfish

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Blue marbled crayfish.

To find information on identifying the marbled crayfish and distinguishing it from native species visit michigan gov invasives. Native white river crayfish and calico crayfish are somewhat similar in appearance to marbled crayfish. Marble crayfish do not need a mate in order to breed. Their offspring will be excat clones of their parents.

1 11 11021 mp4 video by knecritters photobucket. Information provided by one of the original pet traders as to where the marbled crayfish originated was deemed totally confusing and unreliable. Marmorkrebs have a lot of individual differences due to variation in how they develop vogt g huber m thiemann m van den boogaart g schmitz oj schubart cd. Marbled crayfish are closely related to the slough crayfish procambarus fallax which is widely distributed across florida.

A review and perspective with remarks on some further crustaceans. A new model organism for research on development epigenetics and evolutionary biology. You will receive one juvenile marbled crayfish. Marble crayfish are non aggressive and cannot be housed with shrimp.

They are for lack of a better term self cloning. World s only self reproducing crayfish species these crayfish are omnivorous and will act as a scavenger in the aquarium eating any food that comes to rest on the bottom. Suitability of the clonal marbled crayfish for biogerontological research. They are brown when young but eventually turn blue when they mature can grow up to 6 inches does not need a mate to reproduce.