Project: Sweden - Göteborg (Gothenburg)

No. 5 - 5 Exploring: Göteborg (Gothenburg) City.

Along Rosenlund Canal to the Fiskekyrka. .

 

At the Fiskekyrka.

 

Crayfish

 

Families

Astacoidea

Astacidae

Cambaridae

Erymidae (extinct)

Parastacoidea

Parastacidae

 

- also called crawfish or crawdad, are closely related to the lobster. More than half of the more than 500 species occur in North America, particularly Kentucky (Mammoth Cave) and Louisiana in the Mississippi basin. Crayfish also live in Europe, New Zealand, East Asia and throughout the world, including the Tristan da Cunha Islands. Nearly all live in freshwater, although a few survive in salt water. Crayfish are characterised by a joined head and thorax, or midsection, and a segmented body, which is sandy yellow, green, or dark brown in colour. The head has a sharp snout, and the eyes are on movable stalks.

Crayfish are usually about 7.5 cm (3 inches) long.

Pink or red, like here, when cooked!

The Crayfish Corner

 

To see Large:

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Taken on September 5, 2007 at 15:10 BST

Done