That crawfish sounds relly interesting......
Thanks for the info!
BG
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mysteryman" <bestfish_at_alaweb.com>
To: <nanfa_at_aquaria.net>
Sent: Tuesday, May 06, 2003 4:42 PM
Subject: Re: NANFA-- Freshwater Invertebrate book
> I couldn't tell you the name of them to save my life, but I know that
> there are at least two really big books on crayfish. I know that's not
> helpful in the slightest.
>
> When I found a crayfish I believed to be a new species, I took the
> specimen to Troy State University in Troy, Al. I consulted with a Dr.
> Raymond Kisner, and he let me sift through his crayfish books. There
> were 4 books altogether, and I think that one of them was a book of
> invertebrates in general, but I remember that 2 of them were definately
> crayfish-only, and quite huge.
> Dr. Kisner was rather old at the time, some 15 years ago, so I don't
> know if he's retired by now. Howeever, with any luck, his books may
> still be at the school.
> It seems to me that the Biology Department of any large university
> should probably have some crayfish books handy.
>
> By the way, my crayfish wasn't in any of the books! I've only been able
> to find 3 of them in the last 15 years, but then I haven't really been
> looking for them. It has fairly slender & pointy main claws, is rather
> small at only about 5 inches long, and a glossy jet black in color. I'm
> talking Black Widow Spider glossy jet black. Further, each scute is
> edged in gold. ( Gold the color, not the metal, although it does glisten
> almost metallically ) It's quite a beauty. Have any of you ever found
> anything like that anywhere? It's been driving me nuts for years; is it
> new or not? All 3 of the specimens I found came from the "Happy Hole,"
> which is the point at which and underground stream erupts to flow
> overland. I've never gone inside the hole, but gather there is an
> extensive cave network to be explored. Is the "Happy Hole Crayfish" a
> new species, or just a cave form of some other? I just don't know. If
> any of you have caves nearby, do you know of any black crayfish in them?
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