Australian Museum Journal A new species of the freshwater crayfish genus Euastacus (Decapoda: Parastacidae) from northeastern New South Wales, Australia
- Shortform:
- Coughran, 2002, Rec. Aust. Mus. 54(1): 25–30
- Author(s):
- Coughran, Jason
- Year published:
- 2002
- Title:
- A new species of the freshwater crayfish genus Euastacus (Decapoda: Parastacidae) from northeastern New South Wales, Australia
- Serial title:
- Records of the Australian Museum
- Volume:
- 54
- Issue:
- 1
- Start page:
- 25
- End page:
- 30
- DOI:
- 10.3853/j.0067-1975.54.2002.1362
- Language:
- English
- Date published:
- 01 June 2002
- Cover date:
- 01 June 2002
- ISSN:
- 0067-1975
- CODEN:
- RAUMAJ
- Publisher:
- The Australian Museum
- Place published:
- Sydney, Australia
- Subjects:
- CRUSTACEA: DECAPODA; FRESHWATER; TAXONOMY
- Digitized:
- 01 June 2002
- Available online:
- 01 June 2002
- Reference number:
- 1362
- EndNote package:
- EndNote file
- Title page:
- Title page (12kb PDF)
- Complete work:
- Complete work (763kb PDF)
Abstract
A new species of the freshwater crayfish genus Euastacus, E. mirangudjin, is described from northeastern New South Wales. The species most closely resembles E. reductus Riek 1969, differing in spination of the chelae and in colouration. The species is recorded only from the type locality, in Toonumbar National Park, where it inhabits the rocky edges of Iron Pot Creek.