The Cincinatti Enquirer answers a question I’ve been wondering for a while.
Some years ago, I noted the Cincinatti Zoo had a display of “Marbled crayfish” and listed them as Procambarus fallax. The zoo’s description mentioned nothing about asexual reproduction, so I thought they were slough crayfish from Florida or Georgia.
But a new article about the zoo says:
This baby marbled crayfish resembles a small lobster, but it will only grow to 2 to 3 inches long. All marbled crayfish are women. They don't need a partner to reproduce.
Marmorkrebs they are, then! Which makes me wonder why their reproduction wasn’t mentioned on the display.
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