DecaNet (World List of Decapoda)

Traits taxon details

Euastacus brachythorax Riek, 1969

AphiaID

885632 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:885632)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Euastacus Clark, 1936

Original name

Euastacus brachythorax Riek, 1969

Environment

~~marine~~, ~~brackish~~, fresh, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Riek, E.F. (1969). The Australian freshwater crayfish (Crustacea: Decapoda: Astacidae), with description of new species. <em>Australian Journal of Zoology.</em> 17: 855-918. [details] Available for editors

Taxonomic citation

DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Euastacus brachythorax Riek, 1969. Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025) Marine Species Traits at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=885632 on 2025-04-07

Thematic species database citation

Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025). Marine Species Traits. Euastacus brachythorax Riek, 1969. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=885632 on 2025-04-07

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2016-09-19 12:37:05Z

created

Crandall, Keith A.

2020-11-25 10:23:42Z

changed

De Grave, Sammy

[taxonomic tree]

original description Riek, E.F. (1969). The Australian freshwater crayfish (Crustacea: Decapoda: Astacidae), with description of new species. <em>Australian Journal of Zoology.</em> 17: 855-918. [details] Available for editors

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Definitions

To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Euastacus brachythorax)
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Endangered)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (2 records)