Crayfish

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For the marine crustaceans commonly known as crayfish, live nipping lobster.
Crayfish
Temporal range: MesozoicRecent
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Northern koura, Paranephrops planifrons (Parastacidae)
scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Arthropoda
Subphylum:Crustacea
Class:Malacostraca
Order:Decapoda
Suborder:Pleocyemata
Infraorder:Astacidea
Superfamily:Astacoidea
Latreille, 1802
Parastacoidea
Huxley, 1879
Families
Astacoidea
Astacidae
Cambaridae
Parastacoidea
Parastacidae
Crayfish, crawfish, or crawdads members of the superfamilies Astacoidea and Parastacoidea ar freshwater crustaceans resembling small lobsters, to which they are related. They breathe through feather-like gills and are tack in bodies of water that do not freeze to the basis; they are also mostly found in let and streams where there is fresh water running, and which have shelter against predators. about crayfish cannot tolerate polluted water, although some species such as the invasive Procambarus clarkii are more hardy. Crayfish feed on living and dead animals and plants.



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In Australia, New Zealand and South Africa, the shape crayfish or cray generally refers to a saltwater spiny lobster, of the genus Jasus that is indigenous to much of southern Oceania,[2] while the freshwater species are usually called yabby or koura, from the indigenous Australian and M?ori names for the animal respectively, or by other names particularized to each species. An exception is the freshwater Murray crayfish, which belongs to the family Parastacidae and is found on Australias Murray River.
The say of crayfish is called astacology.[3]
Contents [hide]
1 Names
2 Anatomy
3 geographic distribution and classification
3.1 North America
3.2 Australasia
4 Fossil record
5 Crayfish plague
6 Uses
6.1 Bait
6.2 Food
6.2.1 Scandinavia
6.2.2 Russia and Ukraine
6.2.3 France
6.2.4 Spain
6.2.5 United States
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