WoRMS taxon details
Euastacus Clark, 1936
885062 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:885062)
accepted
Genus
Cancer serratus Shaw, 1794 accepted as Euastacus spinifer (Heller, 1865) (type by original designation)
Euastacoides Riek, 1956 · unaccepted
- Species Euastacus angustus Coughran & Dawkins in Furse, Dawkins & Coughran, 2013
- Species Euastacus armatus (von Martens, 1866)
- Species Euastacus australasiensis (H. Milne Edwards, 1837)
- Species Euastacus balanensis Morgan, 1988
- Species Euastacus bidawalus Morgan, 1986
- Species Euastacus bindal Morgan, 1989
- Species Euastacus binzayedi Cougran & Furse in Furse, Dawkins & Coughran, 2013
- Species Euastacus bispinosus Clark, 1941
- Species Euastacus brachythorax Riek, 1969
- Species Euastacus clarkae Morgan, 1997
- Species Euastacus claytoni Riek, 1969
- Species Euastacus clydensis Riek, 1969
- Species Euastacus coughrani McCormack & Fetzner, 2024
- Species Euastacus crassus Riek, 1951
- Species Euastacus dalagarbe Coughran, 2005
- Species Euastacus dangadi Morgan, 1997
- Species Euastacus dharawalus Morgan, 1997
- Species Euastacus diversus Riek, 1969
- Species Euastacus eungella Morgan, 1988
- Species Euastacus fleckeri (Watson, 1935)
- Species Euastacus gamilaroi Morgan, 1997
- Species Euastacus girurmulayn Coughran, 2005
- Species Euastacus gumar Morgan, 1997
- Species Euastacus guruhgi Coughran, 2005
- Species Euastacus guwinus Morgan, 1997
- Species Euastacus hirsutus (McCulloch, 1917)
- Species Euastacus hystricosus Riek, 1951
- Species Euastacus jagabar Coughran, 2005
- Species Euastacus jagara Morgan, 1988
- Species Euastacus kershawi (Smith, 1912)
- Species Euastacus maccai McCormack & Coughran, 2008
- Species Euastacus maidae (Riek, 1956)
- Species Euastacus mirangudjin Coughran, 2002
- Species Euastacus monteithorum Morgan, 1989
- Species Euastacus morgani Coughran & McCormack, 2011
- Species Euastacus neodiversus Riek, 1969
- Species Euastacus neohirsutus Riek, 1956
- Species Euastacus pilosus Coughran & Leckie, 2007
- Species Euastacus polysetosus Riek, 1951
- Species Euastacus reductus Riek, 1969
- Species Euastacus rieki Morgan, 1997
- Species Euastacus robertsi Monroe, 1977
- Species Euastacus setosus (Riek, 1956)
- Species Euastacus simplex Riek, 1956
- Species Euastacus spinichelatus Morgan, 1997
- Species Euastacus spinifer (Heller, 1865)
- Species Euastacus sulcatus Riek, 1951
- Species Euastacus suttoni Clark, 1941
- Species Euastacus urospinosus (Riek, 1956)
- Species Euastacus valentulus Riek, 1951
- Species Euastacus vesper McCormack & Ahyong, 2017
- Species Euastacus woiwuru Morgan, 1986
- Species Euastacus yanga Morgan, 1997
- Species Euastacus yarraensis (McCoy, 1888)
- Species Euastacus yigara Short & Davie, 1993
- Species Euastacus aquilus Riek, 1969 accepted as Euastacus neohirsutus Riek, 1956 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Euastacus cunninghami Riek, 1951 accepted as Euastacus sulcatus Riek, 1951 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Euastacus elongatus Clark, 1941 accepted as Euastacus armatus (von Martens, 1866) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Euastacus keirensis Riek, 1969 accepted as Euastacus hirsutus (McCulloch, 1917) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Euastacus nobilis (Dana, 1852) accepted as Euastacus australasiensis (H. Milne Edwards, 1837) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Euastacus serratus (Shaw, 1794) accepted as Euastacus spinifer (Heller, 1865) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Euastacus spinosus Riek, 1956 accepted as Euastacus spinifer (Heller, 1865) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
recent only
masculine
Clark, E. (1936). The freshwater and land crayfishes of Australia. <em>Memoirs of the Natural Museum of Victoria.</em> 10: 5-58., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52382808 [details] Available for editors 
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DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Euastacus Clark, 1936. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=885062 on 2025-06-30
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Nomenclature
original description
Clark, E. (1936). The freshwater and land crayfishes of Australia. <em>Memoirs of the Natural Museum of Victoria.</em> 10: 5-58., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52382808 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Euastacoides Riek, 1956) Riek, E. F. (1956). Additions to the Australian freshwater crayfish. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> 24(1): 1-6; P. 1., available online at https://doi.org/10.3853/j.0067-1975.24.1956.639 [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record Crandall, K.A.; De Grave, S. (2017). An updated classification of the freshwater crayfishes (Decapoda: Astacidea) of the world, with a complete species list. <em>Journal of Crustacean Biology.</em> 37: 615-653. (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/jcbiol/rux070 [details] Available for editors [request]
[request]original description (of Euastacoides Riek, 1956) Riek, E. F. (1956). Additions to the Australian freshwater crayfish. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> 24(1): 1-6; P. 1., available online at https://doi.org/10.3853/j.0067-1975.24.1956.639 [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record Crandall, K.A.; De Grave, S. (2017). An updated classification of the freshwater crayfishes (Decapoda: Astacidea) of the world, with a complete species list. <em>Journal of Crustacean Biology.</em> 37: 615-653. (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/jcbiol/rux070 [details] Available for editors
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Shull, H. C.; Pérez-Losada, M.; Blair, D.; Sewell, K.; Sinclair, E. A.; Lawler, S.; Ponniah, M.; Crandall, K. A. (2005). Phylogeny and biogeography of the freshwater crayfish Euastacus (Decapoda: Parastacidae) based on nuclear and mitochondrial DNA. <em>Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.</em> 37(1): 249-263., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2005.04.034 [details] Available for editors [request]
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
