Euastacus kershawi
Keith A. CrandallTypes
Lectotype, Museum of Victoria, Melbourne J869 (male); paralectotypes, Museum of Victoria, Melbourne J11922 (male, male (dissected)).Distribution
The species occurs at elevations from sea level to 250 m a.s.l. (and probably slightly higher) in southerly flowing streams from Gippsland, Victoria, from near the New South Wales border in the east to mountains approximately 80 km east of Melbourne, a distance of approximately 320 km. Heavy amateur fishing and land development may have severly reduced the range of E. kershawi in major rivers near human settlement (e.g., Latrobe River).Habitat
Vegetation along streams is commonly Eucalyptus spp. (including E. regnans) and tree ferns (Cyathea) though sometimes the crayfish is found in dry sclerophyll forest and in cleared pasture if vegetation persists along creek banks.References
Morgan, G. J. 1986. Freshwater crayfish of the genus Euastacus (Decapoda: Parastacidae) from Victoria. Memoirs of the Museum of Victoria 47(1): 1-57.
Smith, G. 1912. The freshwater crayfishes of Australia. Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1912: 144-71.
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