Cambaroides has Two Forms Too

East Asian freshwater crayfish is a group that has been studied for a long time but is still very strange to most people in the world. Unlike the crayfish of the Family Cambaridae, which has been extensively studied, it is still controversial whether the adult males of the genus Cambaroides (Family Cambaroididae) have breeding form or non-breeding form. This study mainly depends on Cambaroides dauricus from the Hunehe River Basin of China, introducing that the genus Cambaroides has both Form I and Form II in adult males as the Family Cambaridae. The author showed the morphology of the gonopods and chela from different seasons in this report that will help people to understand the differences between adult male Cambaroides in different forms. The photo shows a C. dauricus inhabited in a stream.

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