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Crayfish from Grady county Georgia (Ochlockonee river basin)


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Posted 03 April 2008 - 05:37 PM

These two 'dads are from my neighbor's pond.

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That's as close as my photography skills would allow me to get. :glare:

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Posted 04 April 2008 - 11:01 PM

LOL could you pick a harder state to try & get an ID from.

There are 68 known species of crays to inhabit Georgia.

http://iz.carnegiemn...ges/georgia.htm

1. Cambarus acanthura CS
2. Cambarus asperimanus CS
3. Cambarus bartonii bartonii CS
4. Cambarus bartonii cavatus CS
5. Cambarus chaugaensis E
6. Cambarus conasaugaensis SC
7. Cambarus coosae CS
8. Cambarus coosawattae E
9. Cambarus cryptodytes T
10. Cambarus cymatilis E
11. Cambarus diogenes ¤ CS
12. Cambarus distans CS
13. Cambarus englishi SC
14. Cambarus extraneus T
15. Cambarus fasciatus T
16. Cambarus georgiae E
17. Cambarus girardanus CS
18. Cambarus halli SC
19. Cambarus harti E
20. Cambarus hiwasseensis SC
21. Cambarus howardi SC
22. Cambarus latimanus CS
23. Cambarus longirostris CS
24. Cambarus manningi CS
25. Cambarus nodosus CS
26. Cambarus parrishi E
27. Cambarus parvoculus CS
28. Cambarus reflexus CS
29. Cambarus scotti T
30. Cambarus speciosus E
31. Cambarus striatus CS
32. Cambarus strigosus T
33. Cambarus truncatus E
34. Cambarus unestami T
35. Distocambarus devexus ?
36. Fallicambarus hedgpethi CS
37. Faxonella clypeata CS
38. Orconectes erichsonianus CS
39. Orconectes forceps CS
40. Orconectes spinosus CS
41. Procambarus advena CS
42. Procambarus acutissimus CS
43. Procambarus acutus acutus ¤ CS
44. Procambarus angustatus E*
45. Procambarus barbatus CS
46. Procambarus caritus CS
47. Procambarus clarkii (CS)
48. Procambarus enoplosternum CS
49. Procambarus epicyrtus SC
50. Procambarus fallax CS
51. Procambarus gibbus SC
52. Procambarus howellae CS
53. Procambarus litosternum CS
54. Procambarus lophotus CS
55. Procambarus lunzi CS
56. Procambarus paeninsulanus CS
57. Procambarus petersi SC
58. Procambarus pubescens CS
59. Procambarus pubischelae deficiens CS
60. Procambarus pubischelae pubischelae CS
61. Procambarus pygmaeus CS
62. Procambarus raneyi CS
63. Procambarus seminolae CS
64. Procambarus spiculifer ¤ CS
65. Procambarus talpoides CS
66. Procambarus troglodytes CS
67. Procambarus truculentus CS
68. Procambarus versutus CS



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Posted 05 April 2008 - 07:25 AM

It's more like 75-80 according to Chris Skelton as of about a month ago. It's automatically only one of the last 29 on the list since it's a Procambarus sp.

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Posted 05 April 2008 - 08:20 AM

:wacko:

I think crawdad will suffice.

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Posted 05 April 2008 - 09:10 AM

It's more like 75-80 according to Chris Skelton as of about a month ago. It's automatically only one of the last 29 on the list since it's a Procambarus sp.



LOL yeah thats much easier!!!! Oh yeah & the last one is a male.

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Posted 05 April 2008 - 10:55 AM

I agree. Definitely Procambarus. It looks like a P. clarkii as far as shape, color, etc, but the areola is open, so I'm going to say it's likely a P. alleni.

Edit: If you wouldn't mind sending me a male I could key it out exactly for you. As far as I can tell from the pictures, it looks like it might be in the subgenus Villalobosus, but I can't tell for sure because I can't tell if the if their are hooks on the third and fourth pair of legs or not.

Edited by fishlvr, 05 April 2008 - 11:10 AM.


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Posted 05 April 2008 - 11:34 AM

Thanks. How do I determine a male and how do I mail a male?

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Posted 05 April 2008 - 12:11 PM

The one in your picture was a male. They have a pair of gonopods that goes up between the legs. Here is a picture of the male gonopods:

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Posted 05 April 2008 - 12:20 PM

As far as shipping, use a small rubbermaid container with holes in the top. Put just enough water to cover up the cray, so that when oxygen runs out he can breath atmospheric air. Pack it with crumpled newspaper for cushion.

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Posted 05 April 2008 - 02:54 PM

Won't the package get thrown around and allow the water to leak out?

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Posted 05 April 2008 - 04:22 PM

I realize you are both in Georgia but anyone shipping P. clarkii around willy nilly should be aware of importation/exportation/possession regulations because it is considered invasive/exotic in most states.

Yes your package would probably leak everywhere if the container had holes. Without the ability to keep their gills moist crayfish cannot breath atmospheric oxygen for very long. A dry container will most likely have a dead crayfish upon reciept. I'd suggest a sealed container.

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Posted 05 April 2008 - 10:53 PM

Nope. No P. alleni in that state. Could be a P acutus but for some reason it just doesn't look right for acutus.

I agree. Definitely Procambarus. It looks like a P. clarkii as far as shape, color, etc, but the areola is open, so I'm going to say it's likely a P. alleni.

Edit: If you wouldn't mind sending me a male I could key it out exactly for you. As far as I can tell from the pictures, it looks like it might be in the subgenus Villalobosus, but I can't tell for sure because I can't tell if the if their are hooks on the third and fourth pair of legs or not.



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Posted 06 April 2008 - 01:06 AM

I realize you are both in Georgia but anyone shipping P. clarkii around willy nilly should be aware of importation/exportation/possession regulations because it is considered invasive/exotic in most states.

Yes your package would probably leak everywhere if the container had holes. Without the ability to keep their gills moist crayfish cannot breath atmospheric oxygen for very long. A dry container will most likely have a dead crayfish upon reciept. I'd suggest a sealed container.


Any crayfish can be shipped. I've checked the laws. Thanks for your concern though. :D

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Posted 06 April 2008 - 01:09 AM

Nope. No P. alleni in that state. Could be a P acutus but for some reason it just doesn't look right for acutus.


I thought about P. acutus too, but there is to big of a gap in the areola for it to be P. acutus. If he can send me a Form I male I can probably get it keyed out pretty quickly.

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Posted 06 April 2008 - 09:29 AM

I thought about P. acutus too, but there is to big of a gap in the areola for it to be P. acutus. If he can send me a Form I male I can probably get it keyed out pretty quickly.


The blue vein ventrally on abdomen also indicates red swamp instead of white river crayfish.

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Posted 06 April 2008 - 10:55 AM

Any crayfish can be shipped. I've checked the laws. Thanks for your concern though. :D


Steve you need to read thoroughly. I said I realize you two are within the same state, but ANYONE (as in ANYONE ELSE) shipping P. clarkii or other invasive/exotics should be aware of any laws governing such activity.

That said the rostrum and areola are not characteristic of P. clarkii, the chela are quite interseting though...I don't think it is acutus.

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Posted 06 April 2008 - 01:25 PM

What if I send him one of the boiled ones? :tongue:

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Posted 06 April 2008 - 02:06 PM

Got any grain alcohol around or available? :mrgreen:

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Posted 06 April 2008 - 03:55 PM

Is Budweiser grain alcohol? I have 3 of those...

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Posted 06 April 2008 - 04:08 PM

Steve you need to read thoroughly. I said I realize you two are within the same state, but ANYONE (as in ANYONE ELSE) shipping P. clarkii or other invasive/exotics should be aware of any laws governing such activity.

That said the rostrum and areola are not characteristic of P. clarkii, the chela are quite interseting though...I don't think it is acutus.


My bad. I read it wrong.




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