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  • Team discovers invasive-native crayfish hybrids in Missouri

    Oct 8, 2021 9:45 am by Diana YatesResearch
    Eric Larson, left, and Christopher Taylor inspect a captured crayfish. Photo by L. Brian Stauffer

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    • Eric Larson, left, and Christopher Taylor inspect a captured crayfish. Photo by L. Brian Stauffer

    A study of the Current River in southeastern Missouri, revealed – almost by chance – that the virile crayfish, Faxonius virilis, was interbreeding with a native crayfish, potentially altering the native’s genetics, life history and ecology.