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Species profile—Euastacus sulcatus (blue spiny crayfish)

Classification

Animalia (animals) → Malacostraca (malacostracans) → Parastacidae (freshwater crayfish) → Euastacus sulcatus (blue spiny crayfish)

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Species details

Kingdom
Animalia (animals)
Class
Malacostraca (malacostracans)
Family
Parastacidae (freshwater crayfish)
Scientific name
Euastacus sulcatus Riek, 1951
Common name
blue spiny crayfish
WildNet taxon ID
33599
Alternate name(s)
Lamington spiny crayfish
Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NCA) status
Least concern
Conservation significant
No
Endemicity
Native
Pest status
Nil
Species environment
Aquatic

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Data source

This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0.
https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=33599.

This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.

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Licence
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Last updated
8 March 2022
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