A new species of freshwater crayfish (Crustacea: Decapoda: Parastacidae) from the fly river drainage, Western Province, Papua New Guinea

Memoirs of the Queensland Museum

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 213-219

  Lukhaup, Christian ^a   Herbert, Brett ^b  

^a Biosecurity Australia ^*  (Germany)

^b Animal Biosecurity (Aquatics)   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cherax; Crayfish; Fly river; Freshwater; Indonesia; New species; Papua New Guinea

Indexed keywords

CRAYFISH; MORPHOLOGY; NEW GENUS; NEW SPECIES; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; TAXONOMY;

FLY RIVER; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; WESTERN PROVINCE [PAPUA NEW GUINEA]; MELANESIA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN;

ASTACOIDEA; CHERAX; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); PARASTACIDAE;

EID: 49949092018     PISSN: 00798835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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