Animalia > Arthropoda > Malacostraca > Decapoda > Parastacidae > Euastacus > Euastacus urospinosus

Euastacus urospinosus (Maleny hairy crayfish)

Synonyms: Euastacoides urospinosus; Eustacoides urospinosus

Wikipedia Abstract

Euastacus is a genus of freshwater crayfish known as "spiny crayfish". They are found in the south-east of the Australian mainland, along with another genus of crayfish, Cherax. Both genera are members of the Parastacidae family, a family of freshwater crayfish restricted to the Southern Hemisphere.
View Wikipedia Record: Euastacus urospinosus

Endangered Species

Status: Endangered
View IUCN Record: Euastacus urospinosus

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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0