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| | Recreation Pets Fish and Aquaria Freshwater Species Invertebrates Crayfish (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04) |
 | | In some countries, such as New Zealand, the term crayfish is used only for salt-water rock lobsters. |
 | | Crayfish Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Malacostraca Order: Decapoda Suborder: Pleocyemata Infraorder: Astacidea Superfamily: Astacoidea and Parastacoidea Families Astacoidea: Astacidae Cambaridae Parastacoidea: Parastacidae Crayfish, sometimes called crawfish, crawdads, mudbugs, yabbies, or spoondogs, are freshwater crustaceans (decapoda) resembling small lobsters, to which they are closely related. |
 | | They are found in bodies of fresh water that do not freeze to the bottom, which are not polluted, and which have shelter against predators. |
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