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Species Cherax quadricarinatus (von Martens, 1868)

Redclaw

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland


Extra Distribution Information

In exorheic drainage systems from Daly River, NT, to Normanby River, NE QLD, now translocated widely in eastern QLD, and to Lake Kununurra on the Ord River.

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

NT, Qld: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), NSW North Coast (NNC), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

  • Australia
    • Northern Territory: N coastal
    • Queensland: N Gulf, NE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Burrower, coastal streams, freshwater, freshwater.

Trade

aquaculture, food

Extra Ecological Information

Permanent freshwater, absent from acidic swamps and perched lakes, short burrows in, or connected to, open water.

 

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)
29-May-2012 29-May-2012 MOVED
20-Oct-2011 20-Oct-2011 MODIFIED
03-Jun-2010 MODIFIED