Blue Marbled Crayfish

No natural populations of marbled crayfish are known.

Blue marbled crayfish. A new model organism for research on development epigenetics and evolutionary biology. 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. Information provided by one of the original pet traders as to where the marbled crayfish originated was deemed totally confusing and unreliable. A review and perspective with remarks on some further crustaceans.

Marble crayfish are non aggressive and cannot be housed with shrimp. 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. To find information on identifying the marbled crayfish and distinguishing it from native species visit michigan gov invasives.

They can even be grown in buckets. Their offspring will be excat clones of their parents. Marble crayfish do not need a mate in order to breed. Video of her tearing up my sword plant 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. Marbled crayfish are closely related to the slough crayfish procambarus fallax which is widely distributed across florida. You will receive one juvenile marbled crayfish. Suitability of the clonal marbled crayfish for biogerontological research.