Cherax nucifraga

Cherax nucifraga
Cherax nucifraga
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Family: Parastacidae
Genus: Cherax
Species: C. nucifraga
Binomial name
Cherax nucifraga
Short, 1991 [1]

Cherax nucifraga is a species of crayfish in the family Parastacidae. It is known only from the type locality – Palm Springs, near Channel Point, Northern Territory, Australia – where the holotype was collected from the stomach of a barramundi.[2] It is listed as Data Deficient on the IUCN Red List.[3]

References

  1. ^ J. W. Short (1991). "Cherax nucifraga, a new species of freshwater crayfish (Crustacea: Decapoda: Parastacidae) from the Northern Territory, Australia". The Beagle, Records of the Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory 8 (1): 115–120. 
  2. ^ "Species Cherax nucifraga Short, 1991". Australian Faunal Directory. Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts. 3 June 2010. http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/abrs/online-resources/fauna/afd/taxa/4f9d1128-0014-438b-8941-5168bc533347. Retrieved 13 October 2011. 
  3. ^ K. A. Crandall (1996). "Cherax nucifraga". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2.3. International Union for Conservation of Nature. http://www.iucnredlist.org/apps/redlist/details/4620. Retrieved 9 August 2007. 


Stub icon This Decapoda article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.