Biology:Cherax woworae

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Short description: Species of crayfish

Steel blue crayfish
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Family: Parastacidae
Genus: Cherax
Species:
C. woworae
Binomial name
Cherax woworae
Patoka, Akmal, Bláha & Kouba, 2023

Cherax woworae, the steel blue crayfish, is a species of crayfish native to Southwest Papua, a province of Indonesia.[1] The species is popular in the pet trade, in which it is sold under the name "blue moon crayfish".[2] This has led to it becoming an introduced species in other countries, such as Hungary.[2]

Despite being a popular species in aquariums, C. woworae was first described as a separate species in 2023. It is named after Daisy Wowor, a curator at the Bogor Zoology Museum in Java, Indonesia.[3]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q121504054 entry