Crayfish are freshwater crustaceans belonging to the infraorder Astacidea, which also contains lobsters. Taxonomically, they are members of the superfamilies...
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Crayfish are eaten all over the world. Like other edible crustaceans, only a small portion of the body of a crayfish is edible. In most prepared dishes...
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The signal crayfish (Pacifastacus leniusculus) is a North American species of crayfish. It was introduced to Europe in the 1960s to supplement the North...
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A crayfish party is a traditional summertime eating and drinking celebration in the Nordic countries. The tradition originated in Sweden, where a crayfish...
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The rusty crayfish (Faxonius rusticus) is a large, aggressive species of freshwater crayfish which is native to the United States, in the Ohio River Basin...
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The marbled crayfish or Marmorkrebs (Procambarus virginalis) is a parthenogenetic crayfish that was discovered in the pet trade in Germany in 1995. Marbled...
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Crayfish plague (Aphanomyces astaci) is a water mold that infects crayfish, most notably the European Astacus which dies within a few weeks of being infected...
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Spiny lobster (redirect from Sea crayfish)
Bahamas, called crayfish, sea crayfish, or crawfish ("kreef" in South Africa), terms which elsewhere are reserved for freshwater crayfish. The furry lobsters...
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Murray crayfish, Euastacus armatus, is a species of freshwater crayfish endemic to Australia that belongs to the family Parastacidae. The Murray crayfish has...
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Procambarus clarkii (redirect from Red Swamp Crayfish)
clarkii, known variously as the red swamp crayfish, Louisiana crawfish or mudbug, is a species of cambarid crayfish native to freshwater bodies of northern...
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The crayfish snake (Liodytes rigida), also known commonly as the glossy crayfish snake, the glossy swampsnake, the glossy water snake, and the striped...
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Fishing for crayfish in lakes in August, before the crayfish breeding season, has been a Swedish tradition that is followed kräftskiva parties. The parts...
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The Tasmanian giant freshwater crayfish (Astacopsis gouldi), also called Tasmanian giant freshwater lobster, is the largest freshwater invertebrate and...
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Procambarus alleni (redirect from Electric blue crayfish)
Everglades crayfish (Procambarus alleni), sometimes called the Florida crayfish, the blue crayfish, the electric blue crayfish, or the sapphire crayfish, is...
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Cherax quadricarinatus (redirect from Red-claw crayfish)
red claw crayfish, Queensland red claw, redclaw, tropical blue crayfish, freshwater blueclaw crayfish) is an Australian freshwater crayfish. C. quadricarinatus...
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Pacifastacus fortis (redirect from Placid crayfish)
Pacifastacus fortis (known as the Shasta crayfish or placid crayfish) is an endangered crayfish species endemic to Shasta County, California, where it...
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Astacus astacus (redirect from Noble crayfish)
Astacus astacus, the European crayfish, noble crayfish, or broad-fingered crayfish, is the most common species of crayfish in Europe, and a traditional...
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Pontastacus leptodactylus (redirect from Danube crayfish)
Danube crayfish, Galician crayfish, Turkish crayfish or narrow-clawed crayfish, is a relatively large and economically important species of crayfish native...
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common name swamp crayfish may refer to any of several species: Tenuibranchiurus glypticus Procambarus clarkii, the "red swamp crayfish" Euastacus australasiensis...
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Procambarus zonangulus (redirect from White river crayfish)
the white river crawfish, white river crayfish or southern white river crayfish, is a species of freshwater crayfish. It is a distinct but closely related...
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Austropotamobius pallipes (redirect from White-clawed crayfish)
freshwater crayfish, and the only crayfish native to the British Isles. Its common names include white-clawed crayfish and Atlantic stream crayfish. It is...
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Common yabby (redirect from Yabbie crayfish)
crustacean in the Parastacidae family. It is listed as a vulnerable species of crayfish by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), though the...
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Faxonius shoupi (redirect from Nashville crayfish)
Faxonius shoupi, the Nashville crayfish, is a freshwater crustacean native to the Mill Creek Basin in Nashville, Tennessee. Prior to August 2017, the species...
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Cambarellus patzcuarensis (redirect from Mexican Dwarf Orange Crayfish)
Cambarellus patzcuarensis is a small, threatened species of crayfish in the family Cambaridae. It is endemic to Michoacán in Mexico and often kept in aquariums...
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The Big Sandy crayfish, Cambarus callainus, are freshwater crustaceans of the family Cambaridae. They are found in the streams and rivers of Appalachia...
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"crayfish") is a genus of crayfish found in Europe, comprising three extant (living) species and three extinct fossil species. Due to the crayfish plague...
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Faxonius virilis (redirect from Virile crayfish)
virilis is a species of crayfish known as the virile crayfish, northern crayfish, eastern crayfish, and lesser known as the lake crayfish or common crawfish...
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The glossy crayfish snake (Liodytes rigida rigida) is a subspecies of nonvenomous snake endemic to the southeastern United States. Its scientific name...
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Cambarus truncatus (redirect from Oconee Burrowing Crayfish)
Cambarus truncatus, the Oconee burrowing crayfish, is a species of crayfish in the family Cambaridae. It is found in North America. The IUCN conservation...
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