A Dictionary of Non-Scientific Names of Freshwater Crayfishes ...

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New South Wales; possible same as Morongla Creek
(148°4rEx33°56'S)] Reed, 1967:103.
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[U.S., southeast: particularly Louisiana] Viosca, 1961:
5. This word is also used in the New Orleans area to
refer to any crayfish.
morramma PARASTACIDAE, probably = Euastacus
sp. [Australia: New South Wales; Sydney (probably = mudbug Verb, to catch mudbugs. See next citation.
Daruk Aboriginal tribe of Tindale, 1974:193 (150°35'E
x 33°35'S))] Dixon, Ramson, and Thomas, 1990:99,
quoting Balfour, 1845:35 ("A small crayfish, called by
the aborigines ''morramma,' is better eating than any
shell fish I ever tasted, and is very abundant and easily
caught.")] See maramie, marramin and moramy.
See also wirra.
morski rak ASTACIDAE [Yugoslavia: Serbocroatia]
Grujic, 1969:68.
motoga PARASTACIDAE?, "lobster"? This locality
is not within the present-day known range of freshwater
crayfishes. [Australia: Queensland (probably =
Warakamai Aboriginal tribe of Tindale, 1974:188
(146°15'E x 18°55'S))] Cassady, in Curr, 1886(11):
428, Sta 120.
motogar Same as motoga, above, except Johnstone, in
Curr, 1886(II):430, Sta. 120.
Mount Arthur burrowing crayfish PARASTACI­
DAE, Engaeus "sp. TA." [Australia: Tasmania; Mt.
Arthur] Horwitz, 1990:99.
mousse d'ecrivisse Not a crayfish, but = crawfish
moss. Used to refer to various members of the
Utricularia, which are slender-stemmed, perennial
herbs that are often free-floating. Holmes, 1990:89.
mouwa PARASTACIDAE, "crayfish," possibly =
Cherax cairnsensis. [Australia: Queensland; Hinchinbrook
Island and adjacent mainland (probably =
Keramai Aboriginal tribe of Tindale, 1974:175 (145°-
45'Ex 18°15'S))] Murray, in Curr, 1886(II):420, Sta.
118. See yeekerra.
mucheecan PARASTACIDAE, "crayfish," probably
= Cherax wasselli and/or C. cairnsensis. [Australia:
Queensland; Granite Range, head of Mitchell River
(possibly = Muluridji Aboriginal tribe of Tindale,
1974:182 (145°10'E x 16°40'S))] Mowbray, in Curr,
1886(11):406, Sta. 113.
mudbug CAMBARIDAE, Procambarus clarkii.
mudbugging Known in print only in the gerund form
mudbugging. [U.S.: southeast, particularly Louisiana]
Washburn, 1953:1.
mud crayfish CAMBARIDAE, Orconectes immunis.
[U.S., midwest] Rach and Bills, 1987:601.
mul'aim PARASTACIDAE, probably = Euastacus
sp. [Australia: Queensland; Jukambe Aboriginal tribe
(153°0'Ex27°55'S)] Watson, 1943-1944:42.
mulam PARASTACIDAE. [Australia: Tasmania] Ingamells,
1955:51.
mulpo PARASTACIDAE, probably Cherax destructor.
[Australia: Queensland; "East Central groups,"
Murunuda dialect (possibly = Mitaka Aboriginal tribe
of Tindale, 1974:181-182 (139°25'E x 25°0'S))]
Mathew, 1899:230-231.
mundi PARASTACIDAE, "lobster," probably =
Cherax destructor. [Australia: Queensland; Western
River (probably = Koa Aboriginal tribe of Tindale,
1974:175 (142°20'E x 22°10'S))] Haines, in Curr,
1887(111): 16, Sta. 141. See pirrinoo.
munya PARASTACIDAE, "crayfish," probably =
Cherax destructor. [Australia: Queensland; upper
Thompson River (probably = Jirandali Aboriginal tribe
of Tindale, 1974:169, 171, (144°20'E x 21°15'S))]
Christison, in Curr, 1887(111): 10, Sta. 138. See boogal,
karkoora, and marooroo.
muracuru PARASTACIDAE, "crayfish," probably =
Cherax destructor. [Australia: New South Wales;
Evelyn Creek, Pono Aboriginal tribe (probably =
Wanjiwalku Aboriginal tribe of Tindale, 1974:200
(142°40'E x 30°25'S))] Crozier, in Curr, 1886(11):
154, Sta. 69.
murangir PARASTACIDAE, "crayfish," probably =
Cherax destructor and/or Euastacus sp. [Australia:
South Australia/Victoria; "Woodford," (Woodford
should be in the vicinity of the Glenelg River (see