Cherax
snowden,a new species of crayfish (Crustacea,Decapoda, Parastacidae) from the Kepala Burung (Vogelkop) Peninsula in Irian Jaya (West Papua), Indonesia |
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Authors: | Christian Lukhaup J?rn Panteleit Anne Schrimpf |
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Institution: | 1.Waldstrasse 5a, 66999 Hinterweidenthal, Germany;2.Conservation Genetics,Institute for Environmental Sciences,University Koblenz-Landau, Fortstrasse 7, 76829 Landau, Germany |
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Abstract: | A new species, Cherax
snowden
sp. n., from the Oinsok River Drainage, Sawiat District in the central part of the Kepala Burung (Vogelkop) Peninsula, West Papua, Indonesia, is described, figured and compared with the closest related species, Cherax
holthuisi Lukhaup & Pekny, 2006. This species is collected and exported for ornamental purposes and its commercial name in the pet trade is “orange tip” or “green orange tip”. Both species may be easily distinguished morphologically or by using sequence divergence, which is substantial, for considering Cherax
snowden
sp. n. to be a new species. |
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Keywords: | Crustacea" target="_blank">Crustacea Decapoda" target="_blank">Decapoda Parastacidae" target="_blank">Parastacidae Cherax
snowden new species" target="_blank">Cherax
snowden new species freshwater crayfish Oinsok River Drainage Kepala Burung (Vogelkop) Peninsula Irian Jaya Indonesia West Papua pet trade |
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