A new species, Cherax snowden sp. n., from the Oinsok River Drainage, Sawiat District in the central part of the Kepala Burung (Vogelkop) Peninsula, West Papua, Indonesia, is described, figured and compared with the closest related species, Cherax holthuisi Lukhaup & Pekny, 2006. This species is collected and exported for ornamental purposes and its commercial name in the pet trade is "orange t...

The crayfish plague pathogen Aphanomyces astaci is one of the main factors responsible for decline in European and Asian native species. This was transported to these regions through its natural carriers, North American species, which were introduced during last century. Since then, carrier species have spread worldwide due globalization highly invasive nature In Europe, five been categorized a...

One of the ways to increase production for aquaculture is through cultivation monosexuals by ensuring genital reversal from which energy reproduction diverted towards growth. Masculinization has been identified as one most prominent techniques, where sex development was directed female male. This approach only altered phenotype and not genotype. The red claw crayfish (Cherax quadricarinatus) a ...