Mutant Marbled Crayfish

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Mutant marbled crayfish. No natural populations of marbled crayfish are known. The mutant all female crayfish that reproduce by cloning themselves. The self cloning marbled crayfish is a relatively new species but the all female crew is quickly multiplying. Female mutant crayfish that can clone themselves are multiplying out of control and taking over parts of europe and africa.

It has two claws ten legs and an attractive blue. The marbled crayfish is a mutant species that clones itself scientists report. Marbled crayfish are closely related to the slough crayfish procambarus fallax which is widely distributed across florida. The marbled crayfish or marmorkrebs is a parthenogenetic crayfish that was discovered in the pet trade in germany in the 1990s.

Marmokrebs or marbled crayfish all descended from a single female. Information provided by one of the original pet traders as to where the marbled. The new mutant marbled crayfish have now shown up in the wild of germany italy slovakia sweden japan and madagascar. Dozens of crawdads crawl through new mexico neighborhood.

The mutation that allowed slough crayfish to reproduce asexually by cloning. Mutant all female crayfish spreading rapidly through europe can clone itself. Researchers have been surprised by the marbled crayfish s reproductive success and remarkable adaptability. We re being invaded by an army of clones said zen faulkes a crustacean researcher at the university of texas at rio grande valley who keeps a map of marbled crayfish invasions per the atlantic.

The marbled crayfish has proved the power of mutation to the world though the species hasn t changed in any way in appearance. The population is exploding in europe but the species appears to have originated only about 25 years ago. The marbled crayfish looks much like any other freshwater crustacean. The marbled crayfish procambarus virginalis is a mutant slough crayfish procambarus fallax an american species.