Astacus leptodactylus

Galician crayfish (Astacus leptodactylus )

Called the Galician crayfish (Astacus leptodactylus ), also European crayfish or narrow shear cancer, is a großwüchsiger Eastern European crayfish. He is threatened as the noble crayfish from the crayfish plague.

Description

The Galician crayfish is 16 to 18 cm tall, in extreme cases, up to 25 cm. The basic color is usually light beige to light brown. It is built slimmer than the noble crayfish, most striking distinguishing feature are the two extremely elongated scissors finger.

Habitat

The cancer preferred summer warm, nutrient-rich waters of the lowlands or river with little flow. He lives ( crayfish ) in very muddy waters. Are suitable embankments present, he digs even caves. He has a higher resistance to contamination than the crayfish.

Originally, the cancer was located in the catchment area of the Black and Caspian Sea. After the crayfish plague occurrence, he was employed in some waters of Central Europe, as it was thought that this type is resistant to crayfish plague. All of today's occurrence in Central Europe based on these restocking.