Monday 11 May 2015

Crayfish / Cambarus bartonii / Common crayfish / Appalachian Brook Crayfish

Taxonomy ( Scientific classification)

Kingdom: Animalia 
Phylum: Arthropods 
Class: Crustacean 
Order: Decapods 
Family: Cambaridae 
Genus: Cambarus 
Species: C. Bartonii



CHARACTERISTICS


       C. Bartonii have smaller to medium sized crayfish ,marginally inward shaped claws and typically smooth body . A characteristic which can differentiates this species from other identical lobster species is the part of a smaller rostrum (the triangular shape section of the shell between the eyes). The color of C. Bartonii is orange-brown, despite the fact that blue morphs have been discovered for this species.



HABITAT AND LIFE SPAN


    Compared with an another species of lobster, crayfish dwell altogether within fresh water environments, such as streams, rivers and also ponds. What's more, members of this species ; at least one of its five-hundred identified types can be found in almost every region in the world. C. bartonii life span is 3 to 4 years.



PREDATORS AND DIETS


     C. bartonii is a predator as well as a scavenger. They feed on rotting natural and organic remains and also captures a tiny creatures. The primary sources of foodstuff may include snails, algae, bug larva, a various kinds of worms and tadpoles. C. bartonii finds out their foodstuff on the base in the waters origin where they lives in or perhaps in a dirt close to the waters. 


     A primary diet for C. bartonii is omnivore where they feed on both plant and animal origin. They will feed on amphibians eggs (a cold blooded vertebrate animal), mollusks ( an invertebrate of large phylum such as snails, octopuses, slugs, mussels), aquatic or marine worms and aquatic crustaceans (an arthropod of the large, mainly group of Crustacea such as a crab, shrimp and lobster). They also feed on algae and detritus (organic matter resulting from the decomposition of microorganisms).






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