Species Engaeus victoriensis Smith & Schuster, 1913

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Species Engaeus victoriensis Smith & Schuster, 1913

Engaeus victoriensis 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 [121 pls 18-20 fig. 27].
Type data:
Lectotype (lost), Dandenong Ranges, VIC.
Paralectotype(s) NMV J3877 1 specimen, VIC; NMV J3878; NMV J3879; NMV J3888; NMV J3892; NMV J3895; NMV J3895, Box Hill, near Melbourne, VIC; NMV J3905 1 specimen, Croydon, VIC; NMV J3897 1 specimen, Croydon, VIC; NMV J3878 2 specimens, Emerald, VIC; NMV J3879, Ferntree Gully, VIC; NMV J3892 6 specimens, VIC; NMV J3888 1 specimen, Ringwood, VIC; NMV J3897; NMV J3905.
Subsequent designation references:
Riek, E.F. 1969. The Australian freshwater crayfish (Crustacea: Decapoda: Parastacidae), with descriptions of new species. Australian Journal of Zoology 17: 855-918.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, 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, Qld, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), 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), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- New South Wales: SE coastal
- Queensland: NE coastal
- Victoria: SE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Burrower, freshwater, swamp.

General References

Clark, E. 1936. The freshwater and land crayfishes of Australia. Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria, Melbourne 10: 5-58 (description)

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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