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OK, I need some help here.

went to the LFS today and saw their cherax cray tubs.

I *think* they were either c. destructor or c. albidus, but maybe not. My ID skills are somewhat lacking since I've only ever seen 5 species in the flesh.

Anyway, a few were very dramatically coloured. One looked like is was 2 halves of two separate crays glued together, the front was black and the rear was pink/tan.

They were, to use a fish term, marbled.

I've never seen it before, and I'm curious, do you think it would last through a moult or do you think it is likely to be environmental? I'm fascinated. I'm wondering if perhaps this colour is a result of hybridsation, as the claws on a few looked the wrong shape for the species that they were.

They are only $9, so I'm thinking I might get a pair to watch.

For animals, the entire universe has been neatly divided into things to (a) mate with, (b) eat, (c) run away from, and (d) rocks. - Terry Pratchett

I bought two. I hadn't a hope of sexing them, the woman was in a rush and the colour was spread in such a way that I could hardly see anything. I *think* they are boys.

Currently they are in some pots in my loungeroom tank.

For animals, the entire universe has been neatly divided into things to (a) mate with, (b) eat, (c) run away from, and (d) rocks. - Terry Pratchett

So, what do you think?

Environment? Disease? Genetic?

It doesn't rub off, I checked



For animals, the entire universe has been neatly divided into things to (a) mate with, (b) eat, (c) run away from, and (d) rocks. - Terry Pratchett