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=== Other animals === In Australia, New Zealand, and [[South Africa]],<ref>{{cite news |url = http://museum.wa.gov.au/explore/articles/lobsters-rock-lobsters-and-crayfish |title = Lobsters, rock lobsters and crayfish |publisher = Western Australian Museum |access-date = 30 November 2019 }}</ref> the term "crayfish" or "cray" generally refers to a saltwater [[spiny lobster]], of the genus ''[[Jasus]]'' that is indigenous to much of southern [[Oceania]],<ref>{{cite journal |doi = 10.1163/156854065X00613 |title = Let's call the spiny lobster "spiny lobster" |author = Harold W. Sims Jr. |journal = [[Crustaceana]] |volume = 8 |issue = 1 |year = 1965 |pages = 109–110 |jstor = 20102626 }}</ref> while the [[freshwater]] species are usually called ''[[Common yabby|yabbies]]'' or ''{{lang|mi|[[Paranephrops|kōura]]}}'', from the [[Indigenous Australian languages|indigenous Australian]] and Māori names for the animal, respectively, or by other names specific to each species. Exceptions include [[Panulirus cygnus|western rock lobster]] (of the [[Palinuridae]] family) found on the west coast of Australia (it is a spiny lobster, but not of ''Jasus)''; the [[Tasmanian giant freshwater crayfish]] (from the [[Parastacidae]] family and therefore a true crayfish) found only in Tasmania; and the [[Murray crayfish]] found along Australia's [[Murray River]].{{Cn|date=February 2021}} In [[Singapore]], the term crayfish typically refers to ''[[Thenus orientalis]]'', a seawater crustacean from the [[slipper lobster]] family.<ref>{{cite web |title = Sweet Chilli Crayfish (龙马精神) |url = http://www.mywoklife.com/2010/02/sweet-chilli-crayfish.html |date = 13 February 2010 |work = mywoklife.com }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title = FAR OCEAN SEA PRODUCTS (PRIVATE) LIMITED |url = http://dollarvietnam.com/?Id=EStore&Act=View&Man=Chitiet&DoanhNghiep=farocean&SanPham=3d852a1024073cf53901da4ae1f4b7b2 |work = dollarvietnam.com }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title = Classic Asian Noodles |publisher = Marshall Cavendish |year = 2007 |url = https://books.google.com/books?id=TsCV6YZXPQoC&pg=PA98 |isbn = 978-9812613356 }}</ref> True crayfish are not native to Singapore, but are commonly found as pets, or as an invasive species (''[[Cherax quadricarinatus]]'') in the many water catchment areas, and are alternatively known as ''freshwater lobsters''.<ref>{{cite journal |doi = 10.1007/s10530-007-9094-0 |title = Feral populations of the Australian Red-Claw crayfish (''Cherax quadricarinatus von Martens'') in water supply catchments of Singapore |author1 = Shane T. Ahyong |author2 = Darren C. J. Yeo |journal = Biol Invasions |volume = 9 |year = 2007 |pages = 943–946 |issue = 8 |bibcode = 2007BiInv...9..943A |doi-access = free }}</ref> In the United Kingdom and Ireland, the terms crayfish or crawfish commonly refer to the [[Palinurus elephas|European spiny lobster]], a saltwater species found in much of the East Atlantic and Mediterranean.<ref>{{Cite web |title = European spiny lobster (Palinurus elephas) |url = https://www.marlin.ac.uk/species/detail/1145 |url-status = live |access-date = 17 October 2021 |website = The Marine Life Information Network |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160407175521/http://www.marlin.ac.uk/species/detail/1145 |archive-date = 7 April 2016 }}</ref> The only true crayfish species native to the British Isles is the endangered [[white clawed crayfish]].<ref>{{Cite web |title = White-clawed (or Atlantic stream) crayfish (Austropotamobius pallipes) - Special Areas of Conservation |url = https://sac.jncc.gov.uk/species/S1092/ |access-date = 17 October 2021 |website = sac.jncc.gov.uk }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=White-clawed crayfish {{!}} Shropshire Wildlife Trust|url=https://www.shropshirewildlifetrust.org.uk/wildlife-explorer/invertebrates/crustacea-centipedes-and-millipedes/white-clawed-crayfish|access-date=17 October 2021|website=www.shropshirewildlifetrust.org.uk}}</ref>
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