Species Engaeus cymus (Clark, 1936)

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Species Engaeus cymus (Clark, 1936)

Austroastacus cymus Clark, E. 1936. The freshwater and land crayfishes of Australia. Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria, Melbourne 10: 5-58 [53, text-fig. 2].
Type data:
Syntype(s) NMV J895 7 specimens (only 7 from the 38 examined by Clark are in the collection), Buffalo River, Dondangadale, VIC.
Engaeus parvulus Riek, E.F. 1951. The Freshwater Crayfish (Family Parastacidae) of Queensland. Records of the Australian Museum 22(4): 368-388 [386].
Type data:
Holotype AM P11973 ♂, Blundells, Condor Creek, ACT.
Paratype(s) AM P11974 ♀ (as allotype); AM P11975.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

Horwitz, P. 1990. A taxonomic revision of species in the freshwater crayfish genus Engaeus Erichson (Decapoda: Parastacidae). Invertebrate Taxonomy 4(3): 427-614 [489]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Victoria

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

NSW, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Flinders (FLI), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- New South Wales: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
- Victoria: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Freshwater.

Extra Ecological Information

Creeks or seepages in dry or wet sclerophyll forests, may be found at base of small trees where roots create water pockets, or under rotting logs, also recorded from a cave.

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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