''Euastacus maidae'' is a species of
Australia
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crayfish
Crayfish are freshwater crustaceans belonging to the clade Astacidea, which also contains lobsters. In some locations, they are also known as crawfish, craydids, crawdaddies, crawdads, freshwater lobsters, mountain lobsters, rock lobsters, mu ...
in the family
Parastacidae. It is known only from a single catchment in the
Gold Coast hinterland in the State of
Queensland, Australia, and is listed as
critically endangered on the
IUCN Red List.
The stream is surrounded by Subtropical Rainforest. This species may also occur in adjacent high rainfall catchments.
References
Freshwater crustaceans of Australia
Endangered fauna of Australia
Crustaceans described in 1956
maidae
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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