Blue Marbled Crayfish

No natural populations of marbled crayfish are known.

Blue marbled crayfish.

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. To find information on identifying the marbled crayfish and distinguishing it from native species visit michigan gov invasives. 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. A review and perspective with remarks on some further crustaceans.

Native white river crayfish and calico crayfish are somewhat similar in appearance to marbled crayfish. 1 11 11021 mp4 video by knecritters photobucket. They can even be grown in buckets. Marble crayfish are non aggressive and cannot be housed with shrimp.

Journal of zoology 276 1 1 13. 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. Marbled crayfish are closely related to the slough crayfish procambarus fallax which is widely distributed across florida. Video of her tearing up my sword plant blue marbled crayfish.

They are for lack of a better term self cloning. Marble crayfish do not need a mate in order to breed. Suitability of the clonal marbled crayfish for biogerontological research. Their offspring will be excat clones of their parents.