Freshwater white-clawed crayfish  (Austropotamobius pallipes)

Facts

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumArthropoda
ClassCrustacea
OrderDecapoda
FamilyAstacidae
GenusAustropotamobius (1)
SizeLength: up to 12 cm (usually less than 10 cm) (2)
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Status

Classified as Vulnerable (VU) on the IUCN Red List (1). Listed in Appendix III of the Bern Convention, Annexes II and V of the EC Habitats Directive and protected under Schedule 5 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (3)

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