Species Engaeus affinis Smith & Schuster, 1913
- Engaeus affinis Smith, G.W. & Schuster, E.H.J. 1913. The genus Engaeus, or the land-crayfishes of Australia. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1913: 112-127 [120 pls 17, 18 fig. 23].
Type data:
Syntype(s) NMV J3846 1 specimen, Warburton, VIC (Fernshaw?); NMV J3849 1 specimen, Upper Yarra, VIC; NMV J3851 1 specimen, near Healesville, VIC; NMV J3853 4 specimens, Warburton, VIC; NMV J4057 2 specimens, Warburton, VIC; NMV J3844 5 specimens, Badger Creek, VIC; NMV J3921 2 specimens, W face of Mt Dandenong, VIC
Comment: other probable syntypes NMV J3845, NMV J4066, NMV J4088.Type locality references:
Riek, E.F. 1969. The Australian freshwater crayfish (Crustacea: Decapoda: Parastacidae), with descriptions of new species. Australian Journal of Zoology 17: 855-918. - Engaeus villosus Clark, E. 1936. The freshwater and land crayfishes of Australia. Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria, Melbourne 10: 5-58 [44 pl. I fig. 10, pl. IX].
Type data:
Syntype(s) NMV J3863 78 specimens, Acheron River flats, near Marysville, VIC; NMV J2903 3 specimens, Acheron River Flats, near Marysville, VIC.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Riek, E.F. 1969. The Australian freshwater crayfish (Crustacea: Decapoda: Parastacidae), with descriptions of new species. Australian Journal of Zoology 17: 855-918 [879]
Distribution
States
Victoria
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Flinders (FLI), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- Victoria: SE coastal
Ecological Descriptors
Burrower, swamp.
General References
Horwitz, P. 1990. A taxonomic revision of species in the freshwater crayfish genus Engaeus Erichson (Decapoda: Parastacidae). Invertebrate Taxonomy 4(3): 427-614
History of changes
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