Yabby is a name given in Australia to two different kinds of crustacean. Image File history File linksMetadata Cherax_destructor_(Cyan_yabby). ... Image File history File linksMetadata Cherax_destructor_(Cyan_yabby). ... Classes & Subclasses Branchiopoda Phyllopoda Sarsostraca Remipedia Cephalocarida Maxillopoda Thecostraca Tantulocarida Branchiura Pentastomida Mystacocarida Copepoda Ostracoda Myodocopa Podocopa Malacostraca Phyllocarida Hoplocarida Eumalacostraca The crustaceans (Crustacea) are a large group of arthropods (55,000 species), usually treated as a subphylum [1]. They include organisms such as lobsters, crabs, shrimp and barnacles. ...
Freshwater yabbies are crayfish of the genus Cherax (infraorder Astacidea, family Parastacidae). They are often caught for food. A widespread species is the common yabby, Cherax destructor.
Marine yabbies are ghost shrimps (infraorder Thalassinidea), which live in deep burrows in the intertidal zone. They are used as bait for fishing, especially in Queensland and northern New South Wales. A common species in south-eastern Australia is the Bass yabby, Trypaea australiensis.
The name is derived from the word yabij in the Aboriginal language Wemba. Families Astacoidea Astacidae Cambaridae Parastacoidea Parastacidae Crayfish, often referred to as crawfish or crawdad, are freshwater crustaceans resembling small lobsters, to which they are closely related. ... Species about 40; see text Cherax is the largest and most widespread genus of crayfish in the Southern Hemisphere. ... 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. ... Binomial name Cherax destructor Clark, 1936 The Common yabby, Cherax destructor, is a freshwater crayfish. ... Superfamilies and Families Thalassinoidea Thalassinidae Callianassoidea Callianassidae Callianideidae Ctenochelidae Laomediidae Thomassiniidae Upogebiidae Axioidea Axiidae Calocarididae Micheleidae Strahlaxiidae Thalassinidea is an infraorder of decapod crustaceans that live in burrows in muddy bottoms of the worlds oceans. ... Binomial name Trypaea australiensis Dana, 1852 The Bass yabby (Trypaea australiensis) is a common species of Thalassinidea (mud shrimp) in south-eastern Australia. ... The Pama-Nyungan languages are the most widespread family of Australian languages. ...
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Yabbies are active burrowers and are very hardy, able to withstand poor water quality and long periods of drought.
Restrictions on methods of gathering yabbies, especially the prohibition of "opera house" nets and other enclosed nets for the capture of yabbies and other freshwater crayfish in rivers and streams relate more to the protection of other wildlife, such as platypus and water rats, than to any attempt to restrict the take of yabbies.
Yabbies themselves, in the smaller sizes, make excellent bait for the larger native fish, being an important part of the diet of many species.
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