Cherax
Sign in to saveCherax, commonly known as yabby/yabbies in Australia, is the most widespread genus of fully aquatic crayfish in the Southern Hemisphere. Various species of cherax may be found in both still and flowing bodies of freshwater across most of Australia and New Guinea. Together with Euastacus, it is also the largest crayfish genus in the Southern Hemisphere.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassMalacostraca
- OrderDecapoda
- FamilyParastacidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 454
- With media
- 3
- Family
- Parastacidae
- Collections
- NMV, AUM
- Recorded in
- Australia, United States
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- Parastacidae
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Cherax, commonly known as yabby/yabbies in Australia, is the most widespread genus of fully aquatic crayfish in the Southern Hemisphere. Various species of cherax may be found in both still and flowing bodies of freshwater across most of Australia and New Guinea. Together with Euastacus, it is also the largest crayfish genus in the Southern Hemisphere.
==Habitat== Members of the Cherax genus can be found in lakes, rivers, and streams across most of Australia and New Guinea.
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