|
Forums36
Topics40,963
Posts557,994
Members18,504
| |
Most Online3,612
Jan 10th, 2023
|
|
|
|
Joined: Sep 2014
Posts: 126
|
OP
Joined: Sep 2014
Posts: 126 |
God has blessed us with this day, what we do with it is up to us.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jan 2014
Posts: 44
|
|
Joined: Jan 2014
Posts: 44 |
Nice crayfish! as for the id, all I can tell you with certainty is Order Decapoda 
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Mar 2005
Posts: 21,499 Likes: 267
Moderator Hall of Fame 2014  Lunker
|
Moderator Hall of Fame 2014 Lunker
Joined: Mar 2005
Posts: 21,499 Likes: 267 |
Last edited by ewest; 03/07/16 10:14 AM.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Apr 2002
Posts: 15,151 Likes: 491
Moderator
Ambassador
Field Correspondent Lunker
|
|
Moderator
Ambassador
Field Correspondent Lunker
Joined: Apr 2002
Posts: 15,151 Likes: 491 |
It is a crayfish that belongs to the genus Cambarus of which there are around 29 species in KY. I think your pictured crayfish is either Little Brown Mudbug or the Devil Crayfish. It is hard to get a specific name from your pictures that do not show enough detail for species identification.
Last edited by Bill Cody; 03/07/16 10:37 AM.
aka Pond Doctor & Dr. Perca Read Pond Boss Magazine -
America's Journal of Pond Management
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: May 2012
Posts: 1,358 Likes: 4
|
|
Joined: May 2012
Posts: 1,358 Likes: 4 |
It is a crayfish that belongs to the genus Cambarus of which there are around 29 species in KY. I think your pictured crayfish is either Little Brown Mudbug or the Devil Crayfish. It is hard to get a specific name from your pictures that do not show enough detail for species identification. Bill, could you elaborate about required details, please? Do you need an undercarriage shot?
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Apr 2002
Posts: 15,151 Likes: 491
Moderator
Ambassador
Field Correspondent Lunker
|
|
Moderator
Ambassador
Field Correspondent Lunker
Joined: Apr 2002
Posts: 15,151 Likes: 491 |
Details for crayfish identification involve seeing good, clear, CLOSE images of: the rostrum (nosepiece between eyes), areola (curved lines on the back), the chelae (claws, aka pincher laid flat), for best species ID one should have a male (best 1st form) and see the shape of an individual gonopod which is the 1st pleopod (swimmeret,paired between hindlegs) that is a sperm transfer device. Color pattern sometimes is useful. It helps to know the state and watershed where it was collected. Some common Midwest crayfish: https://pages.wustl.edu/mnh/crayfishes-prairie-region-missouri
Last edited by Bill Cody; 03/07/16 11:36 AM.
aka Pond Doctor & Dr. Perca Read Pond Boss Magazine -
America's Journal of Pond Management
|
|
|
Moderated by Bill Cody, Bruce Condello, catmandoo, Chris Steelman, Dave Davidson1, esshup, ewest, FireIsHot, Omaha, Sunil, teehjaeh57 |
|
.gif)
