Blue Marbled Crayfish

Marbled crayfish are closely related to the slough crayfish procambarus fallax which is widely distributed across florida.

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. Video of her tearing up my sword plant blue marbled crayfish. Marble crayfish are non aggressive and cannot be housed with shrimp. To find information on identifying the marbled crayfish and distinguishing it from native species visit michigan gov invasives.

No natural populations of marbled crayfish are known. Information provided by one of the original pet traders as to where the marbled crayfish originated was deemed totally confusing and unreliable. Marble crayfish do not need a mate in order to breed. 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.

Native white river crayfish and calico crayfish are somewhat similar in appearance to marbled crayfish. Their offspring will be excat clones of their parents. They are for lack of a better term self cloning. A new model organism for research on development epigenetics and evolutionary biology.

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