Species Euastacus sulcatus Riek, 1951

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Species Euastacus sulcatus Riek, 1951

Blue Spiny Crayfish, Lamington Spiny Crayfish

Euastacus sulcatus Riek, E.F. 1951. The Freshwater Crayfish (Family Parastacidae) of Queensland. Records of the Australian Museum 22(4): 368-388 [379].
Type data:
Holotype AM P11921 ♂, Binna Burra, Lamington National Park, QLD.
Paratype(s) AM P11922 ♀ (as allotype); AM P11923 3 specimens; AM P11924; AM P13030 23 specimens.
Euastacus cunninghami Riek, E.F. 1951. The Freshwater Crayfish (Family Parastacidae) of Queensland. Records of the Australian Museum 22(4): 368-388 [379].
Type data:
Holotype AM P11929 ♀, Western slopes of Cunningham's Gap, QLD.
Paratype(s) AM P11930 ♂ (as allotype); AM P11931 7 specimens.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

Morgan, G.J. 1988. Freshwater crayfish of the genus Euastacus Clark (Decapoda: Parastacidae) from Queensland. Memoirs of Museum Victoria 49(1): 1-49 [22]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Ranges from Mount Tambourine to the Lamington Plateau, southern QLD, west along the Macpherson Range bordering NSW.

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: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

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

Ecological Descriptors

Freshwater.

Extra Ecological Information

Inhabits small streams bordered by rainforest or wet sclerophyll, at altitudes over 300 m, feeds on decomposing plant material.

General References

Bone, J.W.P., Wild, C.H. & Furse, J.M. 2014. Thermal limit of Euastacus sulcatus (Decapoda: Parastacidae), a freshwater crayfish from the highlands of central eastern Australia. Marine and Freshwater Research 65(7): 645-651

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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