Species Euastacus armatus (von Martens, 1866)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Astacus armatus Martens, E. von 1866. On a new species of Astacus. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 17(3): 359-360 [359].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) ZMB, Murray River, Australia.
• Euastacus elongatus Clark, E. 1941. Revision of the genus Euastacus (Crayfishes, family Parastacidae), with notes on the distribution of certain species. Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria, Melbourne 12(1): 7-30, 7 pls [12 pl. 1].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) NMV J874 1 specimen, Echuca, Murray River, VIC; NMV J6200 4 specimens, Jamieson River, VIC; NMV J6201 1 specimen, Murray River, Echuca, VIC; NMV J6216 1 specimen, Murray River, Echuca, VIC.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Morgan, G.J. 1986. Freshwater crayfish of the genus Euastacus Clark (Decapoda, Parastacidae) from Victoria. Memoirs of Museum Victoria 47(1): 1-57 [13]

 

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), 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

Creeks, detritivore, freshwater, omnivore, streams.

Extra Ecological Information

Also rivers in a variety of habitats including cleared pasture and dry and wet sclerophyll forests.

 

General References

Morgan, G.J. 1997. Freshwater crayfish of the genus Euastacus Clark (Decapoda: Parastacidae) from New South Wales, with a key to all species of the genus. Records of the Australian Museum 23: 1-110 [18]

 

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