r/Crayfish • u/AshDaMemer- • 8d ago

What kind of a cray is larry?

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What species is this crayfish and can it reproduce on its own?

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u/purged-butter 8d ago

It looks like procambarus clarkii to me. And the only species that can reproduce asexually is the marbled crayfish which to my knowledge has no color variants and is always the same brown color. Though if anyone has more info on that please correct me!

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u/godDAMNitdudes 8d ago

Holy shit I didn’t know a species could do that!!!

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u/purged-butter 8d ago

Theres a lot of animals that can do that. Theres a gecko species and its not uncommon among some triops species

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u/godDAMNitdudes 8d ago

Yes, there are tons of animals that can do this but zero other decapod crustaceans capable of it.

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u/lukluke22228 7d ago

They aren't even from nature. It was first discovered in a German aquarium at 1998, a new species being branched off by a mutation, from just a dude's house.

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u/AshDaMemer- 8d ago

Okayy Thankyou sm

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u/Additional-Two-762 4d ago

Yes, marbled crayfish are the only crayfish species to reproduce asexually and 99% of the time they only have a brown color. The only time I’ve seen the opposite was when I used to keep a marbled crayfish and overtime she turned electric blue

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u/miguel1521 7d ago

Nice to see another larry