Blue Marbled Crayfish

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Blue marbled crayfish.

A new model organism for research on development epigenetics and evolutionary biology. You will receive one juvenile marbled crayfish. No natural populations of marbled crayfish are known. A review and perspective with remarks on some further crustaceans.

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. They can even be grown in buckets. 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. Marble crayfish are non aggressive and cannot be housed with shrimp.

They are for lack of a better term self cloning. 1 11 11021 mp4 video by knecritters photobucket. 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.

To find information on identifying the marbled crayfish and distinguishing it from native species visit michigan gov invasives. Marble crayfish do not need a mate in order to breed. Native white river crayfish and calico crayfish are somewhat similar in appearance to marbled crayfish. Suitability of the clonal marbled crayfish for biogerontological research.