Species Engaeus orientalis Clark, 1941

Museums

Regional Maps

• Engaeus orientalis Clark, E. 1941. New species of Australian freshwater and land crayfishes (Family Parastacidae). Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria, Melbourne 12: 31-40 [39 pl. X fig. 8].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) NMV J11615 21 specimens, 11 miles N of Cann River in Cann River Valley, VIC; NMV J11616 2 specimens (other material presumed lost), Cann River Valley, VIC.

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

NSW, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Flinders (FLI), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), NSW North Coast (NNC), 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: SE coastal
  • Victoria: SE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Burrower, freshwater.

Extra Ecological Information

Creeks in wet sclerophyll forest or warm temperate rainforest, also dry sclerophyll forest creeks and tea tree swamps, plant roots.

 

General References

Merrick, J.R. 1993. Freshwater Crayfishes of New South Wales. Milson's Point : Linnean Society of N.S.W. 127 pp. (diet, reproduction, habitat)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
29-May-2012		29-May-2012	MOVED
20-Oct-2011		20-Oct-2011	MODIFIED
		03-Jun-2010	MODIFIED