The redclaw crayfish (Cherax quadricarinatus; hereafter redclaw), native to northern
Australia and southern New Guinea, is among the largest freshwater decapods. It matures …

The transition from marine to freshwater habitats is one of the major steps in the evolution of
life. In the decapod crustaceans, four groups have colonized fresh water at different …

Crayfish are the dominant decapods in many freshwater, and even terrestrial, habitats,
playing important community roles through their large size, mobility, behaviour and …

Since the mid-twentieth century, numerous vertebrates and invertebrates have been used as
model organisms and become indispensable tools for exploring a broad range of biological …

There is a long history of crayfish introductions in Europe and numbers keep increasing. In
Hungary, spiny-cheek crayfish Faxonius limosus, signal crayfish Pacifastacus leniusculus …

The spread of non-native species results in novel and often unexpected assemblages.
Using stable isotopes, we disentangled the trophic relationships between three invasive …

There is a close association between parthenogenesis and polyploidy. For this reason, we
undertook a karyological analysis to test whether the parthenogenetic Marmorkrebs …

In recent years, crayfish aquaculture industry has been develo** rapidly in different
regions of the world. Crayfish aquaculture is often carried out in dams, lakes and extensive …

Invasive crayfish species were first documented in Switzerland in the 1970s. Today, North
American crayfish species dominate in most major lakes and streams in Switzerland. In …

The marbled crayfish, Procambarus fallax f. virginalis, is a taxon widely available in the
aquarium pet trade, which has been introduced to open waters in several European …