Cherax nucifraga

Cherax nucifraga
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Family: Parastacidae
Genus: Cherax
Species:
C. nucifraga
Binomial name
Cherax nucifraga
Short, 1991 [2]

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.[3] It is listed as data deficient on the IUCN Red List.[1]

Its specific name derived from the Latin, nux (a nut) and frango (to break), which refers to the unusual form of the claws, which resemble nutcrackers.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b Crandall, K.A. (1996). "Cherax nucifraga". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T4620A11039827. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T4620A11039827.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b 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.
  3. ^ "Species Cherax nucifraga Short, 1991". Australian Faunal Directory. Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts. 3 June 2010. Archived from the original on 2 August 2012.


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