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Family:
28 795 Parastacidae (freshwater crayfish, yabbies) - show full list
The status of this name is currently under review by the ICZN (case 3267). This is the commercial marron, originally endemic to southwestern Western Australia, but widely used in aquaculture in southern Australia and now feral in many areas. Previously known as Cherax tenuimanus, this name has been shown to apply only to a small population from the Margaret River (Austin & Ryan 2002), and the main commercial marron now has the new name C. cainii. Recent work has shown high hybridization rates between the two, and cast doubt their status as distinct species (see de Graaf, Lawrence & Vercoe, 2009, Crustaceana, 82:1469-1476).
Identifiers:
AFD
urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:390edde9-922e-4860-9c11-0ad60f722f2e
Name status: accepted
Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia
WoRMS
urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:885543
Name status: accepted
Checked on: 2017-02-10 View at WoRMS - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS)
(report and map of occurrences)
Images:
Photographic Index of Australian Fishes (PIAF)
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Austin, C.M., Ryan, S.G., 2002. Allozyme evidence for a new species of freshwater crafish of the genus Cherax Erichson (Decapoda: Parastacidae) from the south-west of Western Australia., Invertebrate Systematics, Vol. 16: 357-367.