Marmorkrebs

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From German Marmorkrebs (“marbled crayfish”).

Noun

Marmorkrebs (plural Marmorkrebs)

  1. Marbled crayfish.
    • 2009, Gerhard Scholtz, Arkhat Abzhanov, Frederike Alwes, Caterina Biffis, and Julia Pint, Crustacean Issues 18: Decapod Crustacean Phylogenetics, CRC Press, page 39:
      Development of the 2nd maxilla and the scaphognathite in the parthenogenetic Marmorkrebs (Astacida).
    • 2015, Steffen Harzsch, Jakob Krieger, and Zen Faulkes, Evolutionary Developmental Biology of Inverterbrates, Vol. 4 - Ecdysozoa II: "Crustacea", Springer, page 106:
      When Marmorkrebs, the parthogenetic marbled crayfish, were discovered, researchers immediately recognised thei great potential to become an emerging model organism.
    • 2016, Catherine Souty-Grosset, Biology and Ecology of Crayfish, CRC Press, page 54:
      They tested various generations of a Marmorkrebs population by microsatellite markers and found that all specimens were identical in their allelic composition.

German

Etymology

Compound of Marmor (“marble”) +‎ Krebs (“crab”).

Noun

Marmorkrebs m (genitive Marmorkrebses, plural Marmorkrebse)

  1. Marbled crayfish.
    • 2005, DATZ: Aquarien Terrarien, Volume 58, Verlag Eugen Ulmer, page 23:
      So warde erst kürzlich bestätigt, dass sich der Marmorkrebs (Procambarus sp.) mittels Jungfernzeugung reproduziert.
    • 2008, Monique Schwitter, Ohren haben keine Lider, page 157:
      Dann hat sie den Sonnengott Horus geboren, wie ein Marmorkrebs, aus sich selbst heraus.

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