Overview
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Critically Endangered |
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Interesting Facts
Description
Habitat
Biome: Freshwater [1].
Ecology:
This species inhabits cool, clear fast flowing headwaters
in rainforested
areas at approximately 860 m
above sea
level (Morgan 1989). Like
other species of Euastacus, this species prefers heavily
shaded, well oxygenated waters where it can burrow under logs
and
rocks (J. Coughran and J.M. Furse pers. comm.
2009).
[1].
List of Habitats
:
- 5 Wetlands (inland)
- 5.1 Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls ) [more info]
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Protostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Ecdysozoa
()
- A.M.A. Aguinaldo et al., 1997 ex T. Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Superphylum:
Panarthropoda
()
- Cuvier
- Phylum:
Arthropoda
()
- Latreille, 1829
- Arthropods
- Subphylum:
Mandibulata
()
- Snodgrass, 1938
- Infraphylum:
Crustaceomorpha
()
- (Chernyshev, 1960)
- Superclass:
Crustacea
()
- Pennant, 1777
- Crustaceans
- Epiclass:
Eucrustacea
()
- Class:
Malacostraca
()
- Latreille, 1802
- Subclass:
Eumalacostraca
()
- Grobben, 1892
- Superorder:
Eucarida
()
- Calman, 1904
- Order:
Decapoda
()
- Latreille, 1802
- Decapods
- Suborder:
Pleocyemata
()
- Burkenroad, 1963
- Infraorder:
Astacidea
()
- Latreille, 1802
- Superfamily:
Parastacoidea
()
- Huxley, 1879
- Family:
Parastacidae
()
- Huxley, 1879
- Genus:
Euastacus
()
- Clark, 1936
- Specific name:
monteithorum
- Morgan, 1989
- Scientific name: - Euastacus monteithorum Morgan, 1989
- Specific name:
monteithorum
- Morgan, 1989
- Genus:
Euastacus
(
- Family:
Parastacidae
(
- Superfamily:
Parastacoidea
(
- Infraorder:
Astacidea
(
- Suborder:
Pleocyemata
(
- Order:
Decapoda
(
- Superorder:
Eucarida
(
- Subclass:
Eumalacostraca
(
- Class:
Malacostraca
(
- Epiclass:
Eucrustacea
(
- Superclass:
Crustacea
(
- Infraphylum:
Crustaceomorpha
(
- Subphylum:
Mandibulata
(
- Phylum:
Arthropoda
(
- Superphylum:
Panarthropoda
(
- Infrakingdom:
Ecdysozoa
(
- Branch:
Protostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Similar Species
Members of the genus Euastacus
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 7 species and subspecies in this genus:
E. armatus (Murray River Crayfish) · E. bispinosus (Glenelg River Crayfish) · E. crassus (Alpine Spiny Crayfish) · E. diversus (Orbost Spiny Crayfish) · E. kershawi (Gippsland Spiny Crayfish) · E. mirangudjin (Ochre-Bellied Crayfish) · E. suttoni (New England Crayfish)
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Further Reading
Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 30, 2012.
- Coughran, J. & Furse, J. 2010. Euastacus monteithorum. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 01February2012.
- IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2476077
- IUCN ID: 208549
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 1070
Footnotes
- Coughran, J. & Furse, J. 2010. Euastacus monteithorum. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 01 February 2012. [back]
