Euastacus
Sign in to saveEuastacus 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 family Parastacidae, a family of freshwater crayfish restricted to the Southern Hemisphere.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassMalacostraca
- OrderDecapoda
- FamilyParastacidae
Habitatfreshwater
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 142
- Family
- Parastacidae
- Collections
- USNM, NMV, AM
- Recorded in
- Australia
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Parastacidae
- Image
- Euastacus spinifer.jpg
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- taxon name
- Euastacus
- taxon rank
- genus
- Commons category
- Euastacus
- topic's main category
- Category:Euastacus
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