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crayfish
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crayfish
Includes many genera and species, many of them farmed, e.g. Procambarus, Oronectes, Astacus, Pastifastacus spp. Called also freshwater crayfish.
freshwater crayfish
see crayfish (above).
crayfish plague
epizootic disease of European crayfish (Astacus astacus) caused by Aphanomyces astaci. Affects also Cherax spp. (American crayfish), Pacifastacus leniusculus.
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I have tracked the changing distributions of several of these crayfishes by analyzing specimens and records stored in the collections of the Royal Ontario Museum.
The reviled rusty crayfish: hated invader or native son? by Guiasu, Radu Cornel / ROM Magazine
Conservation status of crayfishes of the United States and Canada.
Crayfish: an overlooked fauna by Butler, Robert S.; DiStefano, Robert J.; Schuster, Guenter A. / Endangered Species Update
Observations on the blind crayfishes of Indiana, with a description of a new subspecies; Cambarus pellucidus testii.
Checklist of the Crayfish and Freshwater Shrimp (Decapoda) of Indiana by Simon, Thomas P. / Proceedings of the Indiana Academy of Science
 
 
 
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