Blue Marbled Crayfish

They can even be grown in buckets.

Blue marbled crayfish.

Journal of zoology 276 1 1 13. 1 11 11021 mp4 video by knecritters photobucket. Their offspring will be excat clones of their parents. 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. 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. 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. A new model organism for research on development epigenetics and evolutionary biology.

Information provided by one of the original pet traders as to where the marbled crayfish originated was deemed totally confusing and unreliable. They are for lack of a better term self cloning. No natural populations of marbled crayfish are known. To find information on identifying the marbled crayfish and distinguishing it from native species visit michigan gov invasives.

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. Suitability of the clonal marbled crayfish for biogerontological research. A review and perspective with remarks on some further crustaceans. You will receive one juvenile marbled crayfish.