Its natural range is the area east of St. Procambarus alleni are more commonly known as Blue lobsters, Florida crayfish, Electric blue crayfish, Everglades crayfish, Sapphire crayfish, and Blue Crayfish. Instead, they found a potentially undescribed species of crayfish. RARE Blue Lobster Crawfish FOUND at INTERNATIONAL FOOD SUPERMARKET!Leave a comment, Like, & DON'T forget to SUBSCRIBE if you haven't already! These crayfish ,often called yabbies are great specimens to keep as a pet. Blue crayfish is a very hardy species. Cambarus Monongalensis photo courtesy of whitney stocker Cambarus Monongalensis Primarily a burrowing crayfish, found in The mountains of Pennsylvania, west Virginia, and Virginia. ... An extinct Tasmanian crayfish has been re-discovered. Unlike other blue crayfish, these are blue as a species, instead of a color morph. This crayfish is also commonly known as the Asian Tiger Freshwater Lobster, though true lobsters do not exist in freshwater. Post all of your pretty, funny, amazing and fabulous stuff about recently discovered species in … Please SUBSCRIBE - bit.ly/BWchannel Pre-Order Coyote’s Book - bit.ly/BOOKbraveadventures Watch More - bit.ly/BTcavecreature On this episode of Breaking Trail, Coyote finds an extremely blue and quite possibly new species of Crayfish! In 2011, a group of researchers traveled to southern Alabama and Mississippi in search of the Rusty Gravedigger crayfish (Lacunicambarus miltus). It is one of the largest freshwater crayfish available and features stunning pastel colors. How you can view the ‘Great’ Conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn. It is included as a Least Concern species on the IUCN Red List. Years later, a team led by Mael… Its natural range is the area east of St. Johns River and all of Florida from Levy County and Marion County so The blue crayfish (Procambarus allei), sometimes called electric blue crayfish, sapphire crayfish, or Florida crayfish, is a species of freshwater crayfish that is endemic to Florida in the U.S. In some parts of the United States, they are also known as crawfish, craydids, crawdaddies, crawdads, freshwater lobsters, mountain lobsters, mudbugs, or yabbies.Taxonomically, they are members of the superfamilies Astacoidea and Parastacoidea.They breathe through feather-like gills. The blue crayfish (Procambarus alleni), sometimes called the electric blue crayfish, the sapphire crayfish, or the Florida crayfish, is a species of freshwater crayfish endemic to Florida in the United States. The blue crayfish (Procambarus alleni), sometimes called the electric blue crayfish, the sapphire crayfish, or the Florida crayfish, is a species of freshwater crayfish endemic to Florida in the United States. By 1903, sapphire mining was an established industry, centred on two thriving camps —Rubyvale and Sapphire. The variety kept and sold in aquariums is primarily a brilliant blue color, but they can also be white, red and brown, especially in the wild. The short-tailed rain crayfish was first documented in the 1970s and '80s but not recognised as a unique species until 2006. BOOYAH! They wanted to refine the species' range and hoped to find a new population west of Mobile Bay. 5.7k members in the discoveredspecies community. The Zebra Crayfish (Cherax peknyi) is a fairly recently discovered and uncommon species of crayfish native to Papua New Guinea. Crayfish are freshwater crustaceans resembling small lobsters (to which they are related). 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