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Encyclopedia > Cherax
Cherax
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Astacidea
Superfamily: Parastacoidea
Family: Parastacidae
Genus: Cherax
Species

about 40; see text Scientific classification - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins/monobook/IE50Fixes. ... Phyla Porifera (sponges) Ctenophora (comb jellies) Cnidaria Placozoa Bilateria Acoelomorpha Orthonectida Rhombozoa ?Myxozoa Superphylum Deuterostomia    Chordata (vertebrates, etc. ... Subphyla and Classes Subphylum Trilobitomorpha Trilobita - Trilobites (extinct) Subphylum Chelicerata Arachnida - Spiders, Scorpions, etc. ... Classes Remipedia Cephalocarida Branchiopoda Ostracoda Maxillopoda Malacostraca The crustaceans (Crustacea) are a large group of arthropods (55,000 species), usually treated as a subphylum. ... Orders Not necessarily a complete list: Leptostraca Stomatopoda Bathynellacea Thermosbaenacea Mysidacea Cumacea Amphipoda Isopoda Tanaidacea Euphausiacea Amphionidacea Decapoda Peracarida The Malacostraca are the largest subgroup of crustaceans, and include most of the animals that non-experts recognise as crustaceans, including the decapods (such as crabs, mole crabs, lobsters and true... Suborders Either suborders: Natantia Reptantia or suborders: Dendrobranchiata Pleocyemata The decapods or Decapoda are a group of crustaceans within the class Malacostraca. ... Infraorders Caridea Stenopodidea Reptantia, divided into: Polychelida Achelata Glypheoidea Astacidea Thalassinidea Anomala Brachyura Pleocyemata is a sub-order of decapod crustaceans, erected by Martin Burkenroad in 1963. ... Superfamilies see text Astacidea is a group of decapod crustaceans including lobsters, crayfish and their close relatives. ... The word crayfish or crawfish can mean:- Sea crayfish, also called spiny lobster. ... Genera Astacoides Astacopsis Cherax Engaeus Engaewa Euastacus Geocherax Gramastacus Paranephrops Parastacoides Parastacus Samastacus Tenuibranchiurus Virilastacus Parastacidae is the family of freshwater crayfish found in the southern hemisphere. ... In biology, a species is a kind of organism. ...


Cherax is the largest and most widespread genus of crayfish in the Southern Hemisphere. Its members may be found in lakes, rivers and streams across most of Australia and New Guinea. The word crayfish or crawfish can mean:- Sea crayfish, also called spiny lobster. ... The Southern Hemisphere is the part of Earths surface that is south of the equator. ... A lake is a body of water surrounded by land. ... For the Second World War frigate class, see River class frigate The Murray River in Australia A waterfall on the Ova da Fedoz, Switzerland A river is a large natural waterway. ... The primary meaning of stream is a body of water, confined within a bed and banks and having a detectable current. ...


Species

  • Cherax albertisii
  • Cherax albidus - yabby
  • Cherax angustus
  • Cherax aruanus
  • Cherax barretti
  • Cherax bicarinatus
  • Cherax boschmai
  • Cherax buitendijkae
  • Cherax cairnsensis - smooth crayfish
  • Cherax cartalacoolah
  • Cherax communis
  • Cherax crassimanus
  • Cherax cuspidatus - cusped crayfish
  • Cherax davisi
  • Cherax depressus - orange-fingered yabby, orange-fingered freshwater crayfish
  • Cherax destructor - yabbie crayfish, yabby, Australian yabby
  • Cherax dispar
  • Cherax divergens
  • Cherax esculus
  • Cherax glaber - koonac
  • Cherax glabrimanus
  • Cherax gladstonensis
  • Cherax longipes
  • Cherax lorentzi - blue lobster
  • Cherax misolicus
  • Cherax monticola
  • Cherax murido
  • Cherax neocarinatus
  • Cherax neopunctatus
  • Cherax nucifraga
  • Cherax pallidus
  • Cherax paniaicus
  • Cherax papuanus
  • Cherax parvus
  • Cherax plebejus - koonac
  • Cherax preissii - koonac
  • Cherax punctatus
  • Cherax quadricarinatus - redclaw, north Queensland yabby, Australian redclaw crayfish, red claw crayfish
  • Cherax quinquecarinatus - gilgie
  • Cherax rhynchotus
  • Cherax robustus
  • Cherax rotundus - rotund yabby
  • Cherax setosus
  • Cherax solus
  • Cherax tenuimanus - marron, hairy marron
  • Cherax urospinosus
  • Cherax wasselli

Binomial name Cherax tenuimanus Smith, 1912 Cherax tenuimanus, the marron, is a large freshwater crayfish found in the south-west corner of Australia. ...

External Links

  • Crayfish News (http://somethin-tropical.epaulv.com)
  • Crayfish Pictures (http://crayfish.epaulv.com)

  Results from FactBites:
 
Britain.tv Wikipedia - Cherax (95 words)
Cherax is the largest and most widespread genus of crayfish in the Southern Hemisphere.
Cherax depressus - orange-fingered yabby, orange-fingered freshwater crayfish
Cherax quadricarinatus - redclaw, north Queensland yabby, Australian redclaw crayfish, red claw crayfish
Cherax Erichson 1846 (207 words)
Austin, C.M. Evolution in the genus Cherax (Decapoda: Parastacidae) in Australia: A numberical cladistic analysis of allozyme and morphological data.
Short, J.W. Cherax nucifraga, a new species of freshwater crayfish (Crustacea: Decapoda: Parastacidae) from the Northern Territory, Australia.
Sokol, A. Morphological variation in relation to the taxonomy of the destructor group of the genus Cherax.
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