Metazoa info

[Duke Guilmon]

Red swamp crawfish(requested by RocketSurgeon76)



Size: 5.5-12cm

Weight: capable of reaching 50g

Life expectancy: Average 2-3 years

When it first appeared: No data

Location: The red swamp crawfish can be found in slow flowing rivers and creeks. They are native to the states Oklahoma, Florida,Kentucky,Tennessee, Alabama,Mississippi, Louisiana,Arkansas,Missouri,Illinois, and Texas. They have been introduced in more states however.



Taxonomy:
Class: Malacostraca
Subclass: Eumalacostraca
Superorder: Eucarida
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Astacidea
Superfamily: Astacaidea
Family: Cambaridae
Genus: Procambarus
Species: Procambarus clarkii

Diet: Any organism, plant or animal or etc, that it can catch will be eaten

Anatomy: Being the most invasive crawfish, it is said to be immune to many things other crayfish aren't (i.e poisonous salamanders).

Behavior: This crawfish is said to be aggressive. In aquariums they will attack other animals including their own. They are solitary.

Reproduction: These crawfish will breed in the fall. The females will lay up to 650 eggs in soft sediment. Some research says they may also be able to reproduce via parthenogenesis.

Relationship with other animals: In invasive areas, it competes with other crawfish. Because of it being invasive, humans want to stop it from growing in population in invasive states.



Crawfish for 'MURICAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!

Other sources:

http://www.dfw.state.or.us/conservations...tSheet.pdf

http://wdfw.wa.gov/ais/procambarus_clarkii/

http://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Proc...s_clarkii/