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The enigmatic Marmorkrebs (marbled crayfish) is the parthenogenetic form of Procambarus fallax (Hagen, 1870)
Type: Text
Year: 2010, 2010
Member of: FAU College Collections
Contributors: Craig van der Heiden, Gerhard Scholtz, Nathan J. Dorn, Peer Martin, Tadashi Kawai
Publisher: Brill
Description: A mysterious parthenogenetic cambarid crayfish (the Marmorkrebs)
has been spreading across the globe for the past decade.
We compare this crayfish directly to two other cambarids, Procambarus
fallax and P. alleni, that have been suggested to be
related or even identical to the Marmorkrebs. Using external
morphology and sequences of two mitochondrial genes we
show clear correspondences… more
Full Text: Contributions to Zoology, 79 (3) 107-118 (2010) The enigmatic Marmorkrebs (marbled crayfish) is the parthenogenetic form of Procambarus fallax (Hagen, 1870) Peer Martin1, Nathan J. Dorn2, Tadashi Kawai3, Craig van der Heiden2, Gerhard Scholtz1, 4 1 …