Species Cherax plebejus (Hess, 1865)

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Species Cherax plebejus (Hess, 1865)

Astacoides plebejus Hess, W. 1865. Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Decapoden-Krebse Ost-Australiens. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 31: 127-173 pls 6-7 [164].
Type data:

Syntype(s) RMNH D986, Sydney (presumed to be in error), NSW; ZMG (a syntype was originally lodged in the ZMG under the catalogue number 124a, but it now appears to be lost and is not present in the SMF with the rest of the surviving Hess types), Sydney, NSW.
Type locality references:
Riek, E.F. 1967. The freshwater crayfish of Western Australia (Decapoda: Parastacidae). Australian Journal of Zoology 15: 103-121.
Chaeraps intermedius Smith, G.W. 1912. The freshwater crayfishes of Australia. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1912: 144-170 [168 pl. 24 fig. 2, pl. 27].
Type data:
Syntype(s) NMV J11623 2 specimens, Western Australia.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

Riek, E.F. 1967. The freshwater crayfish of Western Australia (Decapoda: Parastacidae). Australian Journal of Zoology 15: 103-121 [116]

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

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

WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Esperance Plains (ESP), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- Western Australia: SW coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Burrower, freshwater.

Extra Ecological Information

Permanent pond, burrows in swampy ground that often dries out.

General References

Austin, C.M. & Knott, B. 1996. Systematics of the freshwater crayfish genus Cherax Erichson (Decapoda: Parastacidae) in south-western Australia: electrophoretic, morphological and habitat variation. Australian Journal of Zoology 44: 223-258 (suggested that C. plebejus is a synonym of C. preissii)

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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