Saw this big monster in a creek last night along with a heap of its smaller brethren.It's the Sydney Crayfish, Euastacus australasiensis. Wouldn't want to try to pick that guy up, even if I avoided those nasty claws there are still those painful looking spikes to contend with. Truly a well defended beast.
Close inspection pays off as usual, you can see those funny looking oval things on its carapace and claws - zoom in on the photo and what do you see?
Temnocephalans of course.
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Good grief! Those temnos are huge!!!
mmm
Sorry to disappoint but I can't see clearly what it is... :(
And what is a temnos??
Ah, so much to learn...
G'day Abie,
'Temnos' are Temnocephalans, you can read a bit about them in my previous post here: http://davidavid.blogspot.com/2006/07/ask-and-you-shall-receive.html
Hopefully after seeing that you'll see them on the claws and carapace of this crayfish.
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