Cherax cartalacoolah
Keith A. CrandallTypes
Holotype, QM W18224 (male); allotype, QM W18225 (female); paratypes, QM W17231 (female), QM W17234 (male), QM W18223 (female), QM W18226 (male), QM W18228 (4 male, female).Type Locality
Cape Flattery, second creek south of headland, supralittoral, in burrow amongst rushes fringing lagoon, peaty sand, freshwater.Distribution
Cape Flattery, northeast Queensland. It is likely, with further collecting, that the range of this species will be extended into other sand dune areas between Cape Bedford and Lookout Point.Habitat
Freshwater, fossorial, burrows terminating slightly below level of water table, supralittoral to shallow littoral areas around perch lakes and along creek banks.References
Short, J. W. 1993. Cherax cartalacoolah, a new species of freshwater crayfish (Decapoda: Parastacidae) from northeast Australia. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 33(1): 55-59.
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