Genus Astacopsis Huxley, 1879

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Genus Astacopsis Huxley, 1879

Astacopsis Huxley, T.H. 1879. On the classification and the distribution of the crayfishes. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1878: 752-788 [764] [gender feminine].
Type species:
Astacus franklinii Gray, 1845 by monotypy (Huxley's specimens, upon which he based the genus, were later found to be distinct from A. franklini Gray, and were subsequently described as Astacopsis gouldi Clark, 1936).

Distribution

States

Tasmania

Extra Distribution Information

Indigenous to Tasmania.

Australian Endemic.

Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.

IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

IBRA

Tas: Ben Lomond (BEL), Flinders (FLI), King (KIN), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE)

IMCRA

Tasmanian Shelf Province (36)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- Tasmania: Tas. coast

General References

Hamr, P. 1992. A revision of the Tasmanian freshwater crayfish genus Astacopsis Huxley (Decapoda: Parastacidae). Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 126: 91-94

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.

Published	Action Date	Action Type
29-May-2012	29-May-2012	MOVED
20-Oct-2011	20-Oct-2011	MODIFIED
	03-Jun-2010	MODIFIED

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