Species Cherax latimanus McCormack & Raadik, 2021

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• Cherax latimanus McCormack, R.B. & Raadik, T.A. 2021. Cherax latimanus sp. nov., a new burrow-dwelling freshwater crayfish (Decapoda, Parastacidae) from the mid-Murray River catchment, Australia. Zootaxa 5026: 344-374 [347].
  Zoobank Registration Number:urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:F9937BB4-4066-4330-9745-C184272E29FB

  Type data:

   Holotype NMV J74790 ♂ (as "NVM", Broken R system, 175 m elevation, bait trap, RBM, 16 October 2009), roadside drain on south-east side of Nelson Road, near Benalla/Yarrawonga Road, (near Benalla), VIC [36°31.001’S, 146°2.005’E].
  Paratype(s) NMV various numerous; AMS various numerous.

 

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Cherax sp. Swamp [manuscript name]. —
  Unmack, P.J., Young, M.J., Gruber, B., White, D., Kilian, A., Zhang, X. & Georges, A. 2019. Phylogeography and species delimitation of Cherax destructor (Decapoda: Parastacidae) using genome-wide SNPs. Marine and Freshwater Research 70: 857–869 (also referred to within as "Cherax sp. Swamp", "C. sp. [Swamp]", "C. sp. Swamp" and "MDB C. sp. Swamp")
• Cherax sp. C [manuscript name]. —
  Horwitz, P. & Austin, C.M. 1995. Preliminary key to species of Australian freshwater crayfish (Parastacidae). pp. 7-50 in Horwitz, P. A preliminary key to the species of decapoda (Crustacea: Malacostraca) found in Australian inland waters. Identification Guide No. 5. Albury : Cooperative Research Centre for Freshwater Ecology pp. 1-50.
  Hale, J. & Butcher, R. 2011. Ecological character description for the Barmah Forest Ramsar Site. Canberra : Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities pp. 1-98.
• Cherax sp. [unidentified species]. —
  Lawrence, C.S., Morrissy, N.M., Bellanger, J. & Cheng, Y.W. 1998. Final Report FRDC Project 94/75: Enhancement of commercial yabby production from Western Australian farm dams. Fisheries Research Report 112. Perth : Department of Fisheries Western Australia pp. 1-134.
  Edney, G.N., McNeil, D.G. & Lawler, S.H. 2002. The swamp yabby (Cherax sp.) of the Murray River catchment. Victorian Naturalist 119: 200–204
• Cherax rotundus rotundus [misidentification]. —
  Austin, C.M., Nguyen, T.T.T., Meewan, M.M. & Jerry, D.R. 2003. The taxonomy and phylogeny of the 'Cherax destructor' complex (Decapoda : Parastacidae) examined using mitochondrial 16S sequences. Australian Journal of Zoology 51(2): 99–110
• Cherax n. sp. [undescribed species]. —
  Littlejohn, P. 2001. The unnamed yabbie from Victoria. Fishes of Sahul, Journal of the Australian New Guinea Fishes Association 15: 754–756 [755]
• Cherax destructor Clark, 1936 [misidentification]. —
  Mussared, D. 1997. Living on Floodplains. Canberra : Cooperative Research Centre for Freshwater Research, Murray-Darling Basin Commission pp. 1-136. [60]
• Cherax rotundus Clark, 1941 [misidentification]. —
  Austin, C.M., Nguyen, T.T.T., Meewan, M.M. & Jerry, D.R. 2003. The taxonomy and phylogeny of the 'Cherax destructor' complex (Decapoda : Parastacidae) examined using mitochondrial 16S sequences. Australian Journal of Zoology 51(2): 99–110 [102, 107]
  Munasinghe, D.H.N., Burridge, C.P. & Austin, C.M. 2004. The systematics of freshwater crayfish of the genus Cherax Erichson (Decapoda:Parastacidae) in eastern Australia re-examined using nucleotide sequences from 12S rRNA and 16S rRNA genes. Invertebrate Systematics 18: 215–225
  Nguyen, T.T.T. & Austin, C.M. 2005. Phylogeny of the Australian frshwater crayfish Cherax destructor-complex (Decapoda: Parastacidae) inferred from four mitochondrial gene regions. Invertebrate Systematics 19: 209-216
  McCormack, R.B. 2008. The Freshwater Crayfish of New South Wales, Australia. Karuah, NSW : Australian Aquatic Biological Pty Ltd.
  Schultz, M.B., Smith, S.A., Horwitz, P., Richardson, A.M.M., Crandall, K.A. & Austin, C.M. 2009. Evolution underground: a molecular phylogenetic investigation of Australian burrowing freshwater crayfish (Decapoda: Parastacidae) with particular focus on Engaeus Erichson. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 50: 580–598
  Anon 2017. Swamp Yabby (Cherax rotundus) Ecological Risk Screening Summary. U.S. Fisheries and Wildlife Service revised December 2017, pp. 11.
• Cherax B sp.nov. Lawrence, 2006 [undescribed species]. —
  Lawrence, C.S., Morrissy, N.M., Vercoe, P.E. & Williams, I.H. 2006. Cherax of south-eastern and central Australia. Part 3: Differences in growth rate, size at sexual maturity and sex ratio. Freshwater Crayfish 15: 24–35 [347]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Victorian Midlands (VM)

Common Name References

McCormack, R.B. & Raadik, T.A. 2021. Cherax latimanus sp. nov., a new burrow-dwelling freshwater crayfish (Decapoda, Parastacidae) from the mid-Murray River catchment, Australia. Zootaxa 5026: 344-374 [347] (Swamp Yabby)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
	Cherax Erichson, 1846	22-Sep-2021	ADDED