A new species of crayfish of the genus Cherax from Indonesian New Guinea (Crustacea, Decapoda, Parastacidae)

A new species of the genus Cherax is described and illustrated. Cherax wagenknechtae sp. nov., endemic to the Beraur and Klasabun River drainages in the western part of the Kepala Burung (Vogelkop) peninsula, West Papua, Indonesia, is described, figured and compared with its closest relatives, Chera...

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Main Authors: Lukhaup, Christian, Eprilurahman, Rury
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 2022
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Online Access:https://repository.ugm.ac.id/278929/1/Eprilurahman_BI.pdf
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Eprilurahman, Rury
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description A new species of the genus Cherax is described and illustrated. Cherax wagenknechtae sp. nov., endemic to the Beraur and Klasabun River drainages in the western part of the Kepala Burung (Vogelkop) peninsula, West Papua, Indonesia, is described, figured and compared with its closest relatives, Cherax pulcher Lukhaup, 2015. The new species may be easily distinguished from Cherax pulcher by the shape of the chelae, rostrum and body, and coloration.
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spelling oai:generic.eprints.org:2789292023-11-01T06:55:12Z https://repository.ugm.ac.id/278929/ A new species of crayfish of the genus Cherax from Indonesian New Guinea (Crustacea, Decapoda, Parastacidae) Lukhaup, Christian Eprilurahman, Rury Biological Sciences Zoology A new species of the genus Cherax is described and illustrated. Cherax wagenknechtae sp. nov., endemic to the Beraur and Klasabun River drainages in the western part of the Kepala Burung (Vogelkop) peninsula, West Papua, Indonesia, is described, figured and compared with its closest relatives, Cherax pulcher Lukhaup, 2015. The new species may be easily distinguished from Cherax pulcher by the shape of the chelae, rostrum and body, and coloration. International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 2022-10-24 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en https://repository.ugm.ac.id/278929/1/Eprilurahman_BI.pdf Lukhaup, Christian and Eprilurahman, Rury (2022) A new species of crayfish of the genus Cherax from Indonesian New Guinea (Crustacea, Decapoda, Parastacidae). Zoosyst. Evol., 98 (2). pp. 411-425. ISSN 1860-0743 https://zoobank.org/3D6F5C84-3E90-482E-9FF9-8599D4D99EDC https://doi.org/10.3897/zse.98.94753
spellingShingle Biological Sciences
Zoology
Lukhaup, Christian
Eprilurahman, Rury
A new species of crayfish of the genus Cherax from Indonesian New Guinea (Crustacea, Decapoda, Parastacidae)
title A new species of crayfish of the genus Cherax from Indonesian New Guinea (Crustacea, Decapoda, Parastacidae)
title_full A new species of crayfish of the genus Cherax from Indonesian New Guinea (Crustacea, Decapoda, Parastacidae)
title_fullStr A new species of crayfish of the genus Cherax from Indonesian New Guinea (Crustacea, Decapoda, Parastacidae)
title_full_unstemmed A new species of crayfish of the genus Cherax from Indonesian New Guinea (Crustacea, Decapoda, Parastacidae)
title_short A new species of crayfish of the genus Cherax from Indonesian New Guinea (Crustacea, Decapoda, Parastacidae)
title_sort new species of crayfish of the genus cherax from indonesian new guinea crustacea decapoda parastacidae
topic Biological Sciences
Zoology
url https://repository.ugm.ac.id/278929/1/Eprilurahman_BI.pdf
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