Cherax woworae
Cherax woworae, the steel blue crayfish, is a species of crayfish native to Southwest Papua, a province of Indonesia.[1] The species is popular in the pet trade, in which it is sold under the name "blue moon crayfish".[2] This has led to it becoming an introduced species in other countries, such as Hungary.[2]
| Steel blue crayfish | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Family: | Parastacidae |
| Genus: | Cherax |
| Species: | C. woworae |
| Binomial name | |
| Cherax woworae Patoka, Akmal, Bláha & Kouba, 2023 | |
Despite being a popular species in aquariums, C. woworae was first described as a separate species in 2023. It is named after Daisy Wowor, a curator at the Bogor Zoology Museum in Java, Indonesia.[3]
References
- Patoka, Jiří; Akmal, Surya Gentha; Bláha, Martin; Kouba, Antonín (2023-08-10). "Cherax woworae, a new freshwater crayfish (Decapoda: Parastacidae) from Southwest Papua Province, Indonesia". Zootaxa. 5325 (4): 582–592. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5325.4.8. ISSN 1175-5334.
- "Clawed blue creature found in pet aquariums worldwide turns out to be new species". Yahoo News. 2023-08-14. Retrieved 2023-08-15.
- Pflughoeft, Aspen. "Clawed blue creature found in pet aquariums worldwide turns out to be new species". Miami Herald. Retrieved August 15, 2023.
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