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Cherax
Cherax destructor
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Family: Parastacidae
Genus: Cherax
Erichson, 1846
Type species
Astacus preissii
Erichson, 1846

Cherax, commonly known as yabby/yabbies in Australia, is the most widespread genus of fully aquatic crayfish in the Southern Hemisphere. Various species of cherax may be found in both still and flowing bodies of freshwater across most of Australia and New Guinea. Together with Euastacus, it is also the largest crayfish genus in the Southern Hemisphere.

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Cherax

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Cherax, commonly known as yabby/yabbies in Australia, is the most widespread genus of fully aquatic crayfish in the Southern Hemisphere. Various species...

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Cherax quadricarinatus

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Cherax quadricarinatus (known by several common names, including Australian red claw crayfish, Queensland red claw, redclaw, tropical blue crayfish, freshwater...

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Common yabby

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The common yabby (Cherax destructor) is an Australian freshwater crustacean in the Parastacidae family. It is listed as a vulnerable species of crayfish...

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Cherax cainii

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Cherax cainii, known as the smooth marron, is one of two species of crayfish that are endemic in Southwestern Australia known as marron. It occupies a...

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Cherax holthuisi

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Cherax holthuisi is a species of crayfish from the Bird's Head Peninsula in New Guinea. It grows to a total length of 81–93 mm (3.2–3.7 in) and is typically...

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Crayfish

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species, Cherax tenuimanus and C. cainii) which may reach 2.2 kg (4.9 lb) Many of the better-known Australian crayfish are of the genus Cherax, and include...

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Cherax tenuimanus

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Cherax tenuimanus, known as the Hairy marron or Margaret River marron, is one of two species of crayfish in Southwestern Australia known as marron. It...

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Cherax albidus

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Cherax albidus, commonly known as the white yabby or commercial yabby, is an Australian freshwater crayfish in the Parastacidae family, found primarily...

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Cherax pulcher

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Cherax pulcher is a species of crayfish from West Papua in Indonesia. It is popular as a freshwater aquarium species across Asia, Europe, and North America...

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Cherax preissii

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Cherax preissii, the common koonac, is a Western Australian freshwater crustacean in the Parastacidae family. Its common name of "koonac" is also applied...

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Cherax quinquecarinatus

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Cherax quinquecarinatus is a small freshwater crayfish endemic to the south-west corner of Australia. It is one of two species known as gilgie, or jilgi...

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Marron

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is now recognised as comprising two species, the critically endangered Cherax tenuimanus, and the species that is outcompeting it, C. cainii. Marron are...

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Cherax snowden

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Cherax snowden is a species of crayfish from West Papua in Indonesia (Oinsok River Drainage, Sawiat District, Chendravasikh and Kepala Burung Peninsulas)...

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Cherax woworae

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Cherax woworae, the steel blue crayfish, is a species of crayfish native to Southwest Papua, a province of Indonesia. The species is popular in the pet...

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Cherax nucifraga

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Cherax nucifraga is a species of crayfish in the family Parastacidae. It is known only from the type locality – Palm Springs, near Channel Point, Northern...

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Cherax boesemani

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Cherax boesemani is a species of crayfish from West Papua in Indonesia (Ajamaru Lakes and the Ajamaru River, which belong to the Kais River drainage and...

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Yabby

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Yabby is a name given in Australia to two different kinds of crustacean: Cherax (freshwater yabby), a crayfish Trypaea (marine yabby), a ghost shrimp (infraorder...

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Cherax depressus

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Cherax depressus, the orange fingered yabby, is an Australian freshwater crustacean in the family Parastacidae. A relatively small species of yabby reaching...

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Crayfish as food

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can collect in the fat of the boiled interior. Australia is home to genus Cherax which is distinct from European, Asian and North and South American species...

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Marumaru

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known by the name of her musical project marumaru or her former project Cherax Destructor (abbreviated to CxDr), is an Australian electronic music producer...

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List of freshwater aquarium invertebrate species

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Mexican Dwarf Crayfish Cherax boesemani, supernova crayfish Cherax destructor, Common Yabby Cherax peknyi, zebra crayfish Cherax quadricarinatus, Australian...

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Blue lobster

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either: Procambarus alleni, a blue crayfish commonly called a blue lobster Cherax quadricarinatus, another blue crayfish, common in aquaria Homarus gammarus...

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Parastacidae

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Euastacus, around the Australian coast from Melbourne to Brisbane, and Cherax across Australia and New Guinea. The Tasmanian genus Parastacoides was determined...

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Cherax parvus

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Cherax parvus is a species of crayfish in the family Parastacidae. It is only known from its type locality – the Upper Tully River catchment in the Cardwell...

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Euastacus

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south-east of the Australian mainland, along with another genus of crayfish, Cherax. Both genera are members of the family Parastacidae, a family of freshwater...

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Thalassinidea

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the yabby (a term which also refers to freshwater crayfish of the genus Cherax), frequently used as bait for estuarine fishing; elsewhere, however, they...

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Penaeus monodon

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diseases from other crustaceans such as the Australian red claw crayfish (Cherax quadricarinatus), which is susceptible to yellowhead disease and has shown...

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Destructor

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gunboat Destructor, a Marvel Comics character; see Advanced Idea Mechanics Cherax destructor, the scientific name for the Common Yabby Destructor, a character...

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Gastrolith

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S.; Arias, José L. (February 2016). "Calcium Deposits in the Crayfish, Cherax quadricarinatus: Microstructure Versus Elemental Distribution". Microscopy...

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