Australian Museum Journal Freshwater crayfish of the genus Euastacus Clark (Decapoda: Parastacidae) from New South Wales, with a key to all species of the genus
- Shortform:
- Morgan, 1997, Rec. Aust. Mus., Suppl. 23: 1–110
- Author(s):
- Morgan, G. J.
- Year published:
- 1997
- Title:
- Freshwater crayfish of the genus Euastacus Clark (Decapoda: Parastacidae) from New South Wales, with a key to all species of the genus
- Serial title:
- Records of the Australian Museum, Supplement
- Volume:
- 23
- Start page:
- 1
- End page:
- 110
- DOI:
- 10.3853/j.0812-7387.23.1997.429
- Language:
- English
- Date published:
- 07 March 1997
- Cover date:
- 07 March 1997
- ISBN:
- ISBN 0-7310-9726-2
- ISSN:
- 0812-7387
- CODEN:
- RAMSEZ
- Publisher:
- The Australian Museum
- Place published:
- Sydney, Australia
- Subjects:
- CRUSTACEA: DECAPODA; FRESHWATER
- Digitized:
- 02 June 2009
- Reference number:
- 429
- EndNote package:
- EndNote file
- Title page:
- Title page (72kb PDF)
- Complete work:
- Complete work (15245kb PDF)
Abstract
Twenty-four species of Euastacus are recorded from New South Wales. Nine new species are described: E. clarkae, E. dangadi, E. dharawalus, E. gamilaroi, E. gumar, E. guwinus, E. rieki, E. spinichelatus and E. yanga. The following species are synonymised: E. alienus with E. reductus, E. aquilus with E. neohirsutus, E. clydensis with E. spinifer, E. keirensis with E. hirsutus, E. nobilis with E. australasiensis and E. spinosus with E. spinifer. This study brings the number of recognised species in Euastacus to 41. A key to all species of the genus is provided. Relationships between taxa are discussed and comments on habitat are included.