Species Ombrastacoides leptomerus (Riek, 1951)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Parastacoides leptomerus Riek, E.F. 1951. The Freshwater Crayfish (Family Parastacidae) of Queensland. Records of the Australian Museum 22(4): 368-388 [387].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM P11979 ♀, Lake Lilla and Outlet stream, Cradle Mtn, TAS.
  Paratype(s) AM P11980 ♂ (as allotype); AM P11981 3 specimens.
• Parastacoides setosimerus Riek, E.F. 1951. The Freshwater Crayfish (Family Parastacidae) of Queensland. Records of the Australian Museum 22(4): 368-388 [386].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM P11976 ♂, Mt Rufus, TAS.
  Paratype(s) AM P11977 ♀ (as allotype); AM P11978 9 specimens.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Hansen, B. & Richardson, A.M.M. 2006. A revision of the Tasmanian endemic freshwater crayfish genus Parastacoides (Crustacea: Decapoda: Parastacidae). Invertebrate Systematics 20(6): 713-769 [733-736, fig. 5]

Generic Combinations

• Ombrastacoides leptomerus (Riek, 1951).
• Ombrastacoides leptomerus (Riek, 1951) [raised to full valid species status]. —
  Hansen, B. & Richardson, A.M.M. 2006. A revision of the Tasmanian endemic freshwater crayfish genus Parastacoides (Crustacea: Decapoda: Parastacidae). Invertebrate Systematics 20(6): 713-769

Distribution

States

Tasmania

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

Ecological Descriptors

Freshwater.

Extra Ecological Information

Digs burrows on slopes and ridges in plains and swamps, in seepage and in lakes and creeks (Hansen & Richardson, 2006)

History of changes