Species profile—Cherax austini
Classification
Animalia (animals) → Malacostraca (malacostracans) → Parastacidae (freshwater crayfish) → Cherax austini
Sighting data
Species details
- Kingdom
- Animalia (animals)
- Class
- Malacostraca (malacostracans)
- Family
- Parastacidae (freshwater crayfish)
- Scientific name
- Cherax austini Coughran & Hobson, 2012
- Type reference
- Coughran, J., Dawkins, K.L., Hobson, R. & Furse, J.M. (2012). Two new freshwater crayfishes (Decapoda: Parastacidae) from Whitsunday Island, The Coral Sea, Australia. Crustacean Research 7, 45-57.
- WildNet taxon ID
- 36159
- Alternate name(s)
- Austin's yabby
- Conservation significant
- No
- Endemicity
- Native
- Pest status
- Nil
- Species environment
- Aquatic
Other resources
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=36159.
This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.
