Cherax woworae

Cherax woworae, the steel blue crayfish, is a species of crayfish native to Southwest Papua, a province of Indonesia.^[1] The species is popular in the pet trade, in which it is sold under the name "blue moon crayfish".^[2] This has led to it becoming an introduced species in other countries, such as Hungary.^[2]

Steel blue crayfish
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Suborder:	Pleocyemata
Family:	Parastacidae
Genus:	Cherax
Species:	C. woworae
Binomial name
Cherax woworae Patoka, Akmal, Bláha & Kouba, 2023

Despite being a popular species in aquariums, C. woworae was first described as a separate species in 2023. It is named after Daisy Wowor, a curator at the Bogor Zoology Museum in Java, Indonesia.^[3]