Species Euastacus spinichelatus Morgan, 1997

Museums

Regional Maps

• Euastacus spinichelatus Morgan, G.J. 1997. Freshwater crayfish of the genus Euastacus Clark (Decapoda: Parastacidae) from New South Wales, with a key to all species of the genus. Records of the Australian Museum 23: 1-110 [87 figs 41, 42].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM P34103 ♀, Fenwicks Creek, tributary of Hastings River, on Oxley Highway south of Yarrowitch, NSW [31°18'S 151°59'E].
  Paratype(s) AM P33962 7 specimens, Fenwicks Creek, tributary of Hastings River, on Oxley Highway south of Yarrowitch, NSW; AM P33960 3♂ ♀, Joyces Creek, tributary of Yarrowitch River, on Oxley Highway, NSW; AM P33966 3♂, Bobbin Creek near source, tributary of Dingo Creek west of Elands, NSW.

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales

Extra Distribution Information

From Hastings Range NW of Port Macquarie, and from mountains W of Comboyne, NSW.

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

NSW: NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales: SE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Freshwater.

Extra Ecological Information

In small streams through temperate rainforest and wet and dry sclerophyll forest, persist in cleared areas, at altitudes above 680 m.

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
29-May-2012		29-May-2012	MOVED
20-Oct-2011		20-Oct-2011	MODIFIED
		03-Jun-2010	MODIFIED