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Pacifastacus leniusculus (Dana, 1852)
Signal crayfish
Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS
Malacostraca | Decapoda | Astacidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology
Benthic; freshwater. Temperate
Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions
Introduced in Europe & Northern Asia (excluding China).
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm 9.0, range 6 - ? cm Max length : 15.9 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 127979); max. published weight: 175.00 g (Ref. 127979)
Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Members of the order Decapoda are mostly gonochoric. Mating behavior: Precopulatory courtship ritual is common (through olfactory and tactile cues); usually indirect sperm transfer.
Main reference
References | Coordinator | Collaborators
Gollasch, S. and S. Nehring. 2006. (Ref. 3700)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)
Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 01 June 2010
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
CMS (Ref. 116361)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Human uses
Fisheries: commercial
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Stamps, Coins Misc.
Stamps, Coins Misc.
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References
Internet sources
BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(Fisheries: ; publication : search) | Fishipedia | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Tree of Life | Wikipedia (Go, Search) | Zoological Record
Estimates based on models
Price category
(Ref. 80766):
Unknown.