Species profile—Cherax rotundus
Classification
Animalia (animals) → Malacostraca (malacostracans) → Parastacidae (freshwater crayfish) → Cherax rotundus
Sighting data
Species details
- Kingdom
- Animalia (animals)
- Class
- Malacostraca (malacostracans)
- Family
- Parastacidae (freshwater crayfish)
- Scientific name
- Cherax rotundus Clark, 1941
- Type reference
- Clark, E. (1941). New species of Australian freshwater and land crayfishes (Family Parastacidae). Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria, Melbourne 12, 31-40.
- WildNet taxon ID
- 36164
- Alternate name(s)
- elusive 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=36164.
This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.
