Can someone help me identify my crayfish?

[gmann21193]

he is small only about 2.5 inches right now. He was sold to me under " Australian Blue Crayfish" and is in a 10 gallon tank. He is blue, but after his last moult he had a tiny weeny bit more brown in him. Ill post picture url's here : http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j231/gmann21193/ozzy7.jpg

http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j231/gmann21193/ozzy2.jpg


he looks a bit differet in the two pics tho. Can anyone help me?

 

[Brinny-chan]

What a cute little bugger!

I have no idea how to identify species at all though, sorry about that ^_^

 

[gmann21193]

yea hes cool

 

[Big Vine]

"He" looks to be a female Cherax quadricarinatus a.k.a. "Australian Redclaw"! I'm about 99.9% sure.

BV

 

[gmann21193]

oh my god. Now "she" needs a new name. Is there a female version of the name "Ozzy"???

 

[IDunnoWhy]

"He" looks to be a female Cherax quadricarinatus a.k.a. "Australian Redclaw"! I'm about 99.9% sure.

BV

I started researching his/her pics after I saw them, I came up with the same guess, but I didn't know the gender.

 

[mibbyblues]

oh my god. Now "she" needs a new name. Is there a female version of the name "Ozzy"???

If its female you can always call her "harriet" as in Ozzy and Harriet?