Species Euastacus clydensis Riek, 1969

• Euastacus clydensis Riek, E.F. 1969. The Australian freshwater crayfish (Crustacea: Decapoda: Parastacidae), with descriptions of new species. Australian Journal of Zoology 17: 855-918.

  Type data:

   Holotype AM P15491 Male, Clyde River, near Brooman, Ulladulla, NSW.
  Paratype(s) AM P15488–P1490 Females, Stream at Conjola, near Ulladulla, NSW.

 

Introduction

Far southern specimens of Eustacus spinifer (from Clyde River, Clyde Mountain, Conjola, Boyne Creek, and Brooman) included in the description of the species by Morgan (1997) are considered specimens of Euastacus clydensis; this follows phylogenetic analyses conducted by Van Der Wal et al. (2022).

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

NSW: Sydney Basin (SB)

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

Van Der Wal, C., Ahyong, S.T., Lo, N., Ho, S.Y.W. & McCormack, R.B. 2022. Redescription of Euastacus clydensis Riek, 1969 (Crustacea: Parastacidae), a valid species of spiny crayfish from southern New South Wales, Australia. Zootaxa 5222(3): 285–297

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
	ASTACIDEA Latreille, 1802	15-Jun-2023	ADDED