Species Euastacus hystricosus Riek, 1951
- Euastacus hystricosus Riek, E.F. 1951. The Freshwater Crayfish (Family Parastacidae) of Queensland. Records of the Australian Museum 22(4): 368-388 [380].
Type data:
Holotype QM ♂ (lost), Yabba Creek, Maleny, QLD.
Paratype(s) QM W735 ♀ (as allotype).
Distribution
States
Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Conondale and Blackall Ranges, SE QLD.
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
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), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- Queensland: NE coastal
Ecological Descriptors
Freshwater.
Extra Ecological Information
Wet sclerophyll forest and rainforest, above 550 m altitude.
General References
Morgan, G.J. 1991. The spiny freshwater crayfish of Queensland. Queensland Naturalist 31(1–2): 29-36 (key)
Riek, E.F. 1969. The Australian freshwater crayfish (Crustacea: Decapoda: Parastacidae), with descriptions of new species. Australian Journal of Zoology 17: 855-918 [896] (invalid lectotype designation)
Smith, G., Borsboom, A., Lloyd, R., Lees, N. & Kehl, J. 1998. Habitat changes, growth and abundance of juvenile giant spiny crayfish, Euastacus hystricosus (Decapoda: Parastacidae), in the Conondale Ranges, south-east Queensland. Journal and Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 119: 71-86
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 29-May-2012 | 29-May-2012 | MOVED | ||
| 20-Oct-2011 | 20-Oct-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
| 03-Jun-2010 | MODIFIED |