Cherax austini

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Parastacoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Superclassis: Multicrustacea Classis: Malacostraca Subclassis: Eumalacostraca Superordo: Eucarida Ordo: Decapoda Subordo: Pleocyemata Infraordo: Astacidea Superfamilia: Parastacoidea

Familia: Parastacidae
Genus: Cherax
Species: Cherax austini

Name

• Cherax austini Coughran & Hobson in Coughran, Dawkins, Hobson & Furse, 2012: 47

Holotype: QM-W 29124, ♂.

Type locality: Unnamed Melaleuca swamp, Whitsunday Islands National Park, southeastern corner of Whitsunday Island, Queensland; 20°17’50”S 149°02’51”e; elevation 9 m above sea level (a.s.l.); Rod Hobson, Patrick Couper and Andrew Amey; 23rd October 2010.

Etymology: Named for Christopher M. Austin, whose research on the genus Cherax (e.g., Austin, 1986, 1996; Austin & Knott, 1996) has contributed enormously to our current understanding of this large and culturally significant group of crayfish.

References

• Coughran, Jason, Kathryn L. Dawkins, Rod Hobson & James M. Furse, 2012: Two new freshwater crayfishes (Decapoda: Parastacidae) from Whitsunday Island, The Coral Sea, Australia. Crustacean research, Special Number 7: 45–57.