3 Spiny crayfish at Pilot Wilderness, NSW
Identification history
| Euastacus sp. (genus) | 12 Mar 2021 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Euastacus sp. (genus) | 15 Jun 2020 | MattBeitzel | ||
| Unidentified | 9 Mar 2020 | Jubeyjubes |
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5 comments
MattBeitzel
wrote:
15 Jun 2020
Euastacus crassus or E. reiki probably reiki but required internal features.
MattBeitzel
wrote:
15 Jun 2020
At times the larger ones appear to be active and spotted on tracks during the day. They are restricted to the alpine regions of ACT and NSW (and Victoria for crassus) and not a lot is known about them. They can be reasonably abundant in good habitat but suffer from predation by foxes particularly post fire, and trampling of bogs and stream sides. If you find any remains of spiny crays in the mountains I would be grateful for them to identify them to species. I particularly need the carapace or body rather than just the claws. they can often be found dried near streams and wetlands.
Jubeyjubes
wrote:
16 Jun 2020
Thanks MichaelB. It was raining at the time so I was lucky for the good photos I think. Matt, I do often see cray remains in the mountains - their blue colour sticks out! I will see what I can do when I am out and about.
Location information
- Coordinates 148.255106-36.569878
- Maps Kosciuszko National Park
- Places Pilot Wilderness, NSW
Sighting information
- 1 - 3 Abundance
- 8 Mar 2020 03:03 PM Recorded on
- Jubeyjubes Recorded by
Additional information
- 50mm or larger Animal size
Species information
- Euastacus sp. (genus) Scientific name
- Spiny crayfish Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-Invasive
- Up to 1914m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
- External link More information
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- More than one media file
- Confirmed by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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