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Alabama’s Slenderclaw Crayfish Gains Endangered Species Act Protection With 78 River Miles of Critical Habitat
Alabama has more species of crayfishes than any other state. Of the roughly 400 known species of crayfish in the world, at least 98 are found in Alabama. They range in size from about 8 inches for the ...
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A New Crayfish Species Was Hiding in Plain Sight Among Common Aquarium Pets, Researchers Find
The researchers detailed their discovery in the journal Zootaxa last week. Though crayfish—also called crawdads or crawfish—may not be everyone’s idea of the perfect animal companion ...
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Four Freshwater Mussels, One Crayfish Proposed for Endangered Species Protection
The crayfish is proposed for threatened protection ... Tennessee clubshell: The Tennessee clubshell is found in the Tennessee River and Cumberland River watersheds in Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, North ...
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New colorful species of crayfish discovered in aquarium shipment
When a team of scientists studying the brightly colored and common New Guinea crayfish ordered some new animals for their lab, they were in for a bit of a surprise. They uncovered a species of the ...