Blue 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.

Blue marbled crayfish.

Marbled crayfish are closely related to the slough crayfish procambarus fallax which is widely distributed across florida. 1 11 11021 mp4 video by knecritters photobucket. No natural populations of marbled crayfish are known. 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. They are for lack of a better term self cloning. Native white river crayfish and calico crayfish are somewhat similar in appearance to 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.

Marble crayfish are non aggressive and cannot be housed with shrimp. Video of her tearing up my sword plant blue marbled crayfish. A new model organism for research on development epigenetics and evolutionary biology. Journal of zoology 276 1 1 13.

Information provided by one of the original pet traders as to where the marbled crayfish originated was deemed totally confusing and unreliable. To find information on identifying the marbled crayfish and distinguishing it from native species visit michigan gov invasives. Their offspring will be excat clones of their parents. A review and perspective with remarks on some further crustaceans.