--- title: New Species of Crayfish Named After Edward Snowden description: Snowden has some big fans in the German science community canonical: https://time.com/4010078/crayfish-edward-snowden/ author: Eliana Dockterman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-08-25T17:28:53.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T10:25:32.225Z article:section: Science og:title: New Species of Crayfish Named After Edward Snowden og:description: Snowden has some big fans in the German science community og:url: https://time.com/4010078/crayfish-edward-snowden/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7dba052781fb01c1/698860cda988ca66876b40c6/snowden-crawfish.jpg?branch=production&width=720&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 720 og:image:height: 405 og:image:alt: Cherax Snowden og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: New Species of Crayfish Named After Edward Snowden twitter:description: Snowden has some big fans in the German science community twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7dba052781fb01c1/698860cda988ca66876b40c6/snowden-crawfish.jpg?branch=production&width=720&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # New Species of Crayfish Named After Edward Snowden > Sponsored content. 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Future Proof is free at time.com/newsletters.  by [Eliana Dockterman](https://time.com/author/eliana-dockterman/)  ## Eliana Dockterman Correspondent Aug 25, 2015 5:28 PM UTC  Chris Lukhaup  by [Eliana Dockterman](https://time.com/author/eliana-dockterman/)  ## Eliana Dockterman Correspondent Aug 25, 2015 5:28 PM UTC Scientists have named a new species of crayfish after NSA leaker Edward Snowden German researcher Christian Lukhaup and two of his colleagues are apparently admirers of the former NSA contractor now living in Moscow. “The new species is named after the American freedom fighter Edward Joseph Snowden,” they wrote in their study, published Monday in the [journal ZooKeys.](http://zookeys.pensoft.net/articles.php?id=6127) “He is honored due to his extraordinary achievements in defense of justice, and freedom.” The _Cherax snowden_ had previously been misidentified as a very similar but different species of crustacean. 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