Spiny crayfish at Tennent, ACT
Identification history
| Euastacus sp. (genus) | 2 Feb 2017 | Jek | ||
| Euastacus sp. (genus) | 26 Dec 2016 | KenT |
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Two animals moving about the bottom of a pool approximately 150-200 mm deep of slow flowing water, white areas in images belong to tea-tree petals drifting past. Given the poor quality images I cant recognise the species, but it seems to be either Euastacus rieki or Euastacus crassus
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Location information
- Coordinates 148.982750-35.580722
- Maps Namadgi National Park
- Places Tennent, ACT
Sighting information
- 2 Abundance
- 19 Dec 2016 01:56 PM Recorded on
- KenT Recorded by
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Collections
Other Arthropods Freshwater Crayfish Crustaceans (Crustacea) KenT Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Euastacus sp. (genus)
Additional information
- 25mm to 50mm Animal size
Species information
- Euastacus sp. (genus) Scientific name
- Spiny crayfish Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1914m Recorded at altitude
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Record quality
- Images or audio
- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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