Species Euastacus valentulus Riek, 1951

Museums

Regional Maps

• Euastacus valentulus Riek, E.F. 1951. The Freshwater Crayfish (Family Parastacidae) of Queensland. Records of the Australian Museum 22(4): 368-388 [380].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM ♂ (presumed lost), upper reaches of Currumbin Creek, QLD.
  Paratype(s) ♂ juvenile.

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Ranges from Currumbin Creek, SE QLD south to Ballina area, NSW.

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

NSW, Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales: SE coastal
  • Queensland: NE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Diurnal, freshwater.

Extra Ecological Information

Small flowing tributaries, with rock rubble or gravel substrates, bordered by coastal rainforest or wet sclerophyll forest, from near sea level to about 600 m altitude.

 

General References

Merrick, J.R. 1993. Freshwater Crayfishes of New South Wales. Milson's Point : Linnean Society of N.S.W. 127 pp. (reproduction, habitat and description)

 

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