Species Euastacus hirsutus (McCulloch, 1917)

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Species Euastacus hirsutus (McCulloch, 1917)

Astacopsis serratus var. hirsutus McCulloch, A.R. 1917. Notes on variation in Astacopsis serratus Shaw. Records of the Australian Museum 11: 237-238 pl. xliii [238 pl. 43].
Type data:
Lectotype AM P3706 ♂, Belmore Falls Creek, above falls, Kangaroo River, NSW.
Paralectotype(s) AM P3707–P3715; AM P5047 2 specimens.
Subsequent designation references:
Springthorpe, R.T. & Lowry, J.K. 1993. Catalogue of Crustacean type specimens in the Australian Museum: Malacostraca. Technical Reports of the Australian Museum 11: 1-134.
Euastacus keirensis Riek, E.F. 1969. The Australian freshwater crayfish (Crustacea: Decapoda: Parastacidae), with descriptions of new species. Australian Journal of Zoology 17: 855-918 [910 fig. 16C].
Type data:
Holotype AM P15725 ♂, Mt Keira, near Wollongong, NSW.
Paratype(s) AM P15726 ♀ (as allotype); AM P15727 13 specimens.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

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 [64]

Distribution

States

New South Wales

Extra Distribution Information

Ranges from Mount Keira near Wollongong, south and west to just NE of Nowra (distance of 55 km).

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: NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- New South Wales: SE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Burrower, coastal streams, freshwater.

Extra Ecological Information

Lotic and lentic freshwater, swamps, sheltered rocky areas, small creeks bordered by wet sclerophyll forest or rainforest, feeds on decomposing plant material, altitudes from 200–600 m.

General References

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

Riek, E.F. 1969. The Australian freshwater crayfish (Crustacea: Decapoda: Parastacidae), with descriptions of new species. Australian Journal of Zoology 17: 855-918 [894]

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
05-Dec-2019	DECAPODA Latreille, 1802	08-Aug-2018	MODIFIED	Dr Shane Ahyong
29-May-2012		29-May-2012	MOVED
20-Oct-2011		20-Oct-2011	MODIFIED
		03-Jun-2010	MODIFIED

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