Department of natural resources director dan eichinger approved the addition of marbled crayfish procambarus virginalis to michigan s list of prohibited species at yesterday s meeting of the michigan natural resources commission.
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The marbled crayfish is famed for being able to reproduce without a mate making it danger if introduced to michigan s waterways.
Unlike most aquarium fishes and shrimp marbled crayfish are not picky about their water at all.
The marbled crayfish or marmorkrebs is a parthenogenetic crayfish that was discovered in the pet trade in germany in the 1990s.
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They can be housed in extreme conditions and will be fine.
No natural populations of marbled crayfish are known.
Once the stuff of science fiction cloning is not only happening in real world laboratories but also in home aquariums.
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Marbled crayfish a true self cloning wonder for the domestic aquarium.
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This aquarium freshwater crayfish is an.
One hobbyist relates his tale of keeping and multiplying the marbled crayfish an all female self cloning species that one day just might help to feed the world.
Marble crayfish are said to have been discovered in an aquarium shop in germany in the late 1990 s.