Two new species of euastacus (decapoda: Parastacidae) from the gondwana rainforests of central Eastern Australia

Freshwater Crayfish

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 103-113

  Furse, James M ^a   Dawkins, Kathryn L ^a   Coughran, Jason ^b  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Outback Ecology   (Australia)

Author keywords

Euastacus; Gondwana rainforests; New south wales; Parastacidae; Queensland

Indexed keywords

ASTACOIDEA; EUASTACUS; PARASTACIDAE;

EID: 84876782537     PISSN: 20764324     EISSN: 20764332     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.5869/fc.2013.v19.103     Document Type: Article

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