What is it about?
Non-native crayfish are illegal in Ireland, but a cloning crayfish species is available for sale in the pet trade.
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Why is it important?
It shows the pet trade might pose a risk to native Irish crayfish. Native Irish crayfish are a threatened species.
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Zen Faulkes
The Umiversity of Texas Rio Grande Valley
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This page is a summary of: A bomb set to drop: parthenogenetic Marmorkrebs for sale in Ireland, a European location without non-indigenous crayfish, Management of Biological Invasions, March 2015, Regional Euro-Asian Biological Invasions Centre Oy (REABIC),
DOI: 10.3391/mbi.2015.6.1.09.
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