New Insight into the Crayfish Procambarus clarkii (Girard, 1852) (Crustacea, Cambaridae): A Morphometric Combined Approach to Describe the Case of a Mediterranean Population
Noemi Pascale, Ilenia Azzena, Chiara Locci, Ilaria Deplano, Flavio Orrù, Cesare Puzzi, Francesco Are, Fabio Scarpa, Daria Sanna, Marco Casu · 2024
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Noemi Pascale and nine co-authors study a crayfish population in Sardinia using body measures plus gene checks, in a 2024 paper. The red swamp crayfish is an invader in the Mediterranean. Field staff had spotted two body forms in catches, one fit for breeding and one not. Proof that both forms were one species, and free of a plague germ, was needed.
Gene tests confirmed all catches as the one species, with no plague germ found. Claw size tracked shell size, and claw gaps between sexes backed the two forms. Male maturity began at a shell length in the mid-thirty range, in the units used. The catch size spread formed a smooth bell curve.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Noemi Pascale, Ilenia Azzena, Chiara Locci, Ilaria Deplano, Flavio Orrù, Cesare Puzzi, Francesco Are, Fabio Scarpa, Daria Sanna, Marco Casu |
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| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 37 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |