Cherax nucifraga

Cherax nucifraga
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 2.3)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Suborder:	Pleocyemata
Family:	Parastacidae
Genus:	Cherax
Species:	C. nucifraga
Binomial name
Cherax nucifraga Short, 1991 [2]

Cherax nucifraga is a species of crayfish in the family Parastacidae. It is known only from the type locality – Palm Springs, near Channel Point, Northern Territory, Australia – where the holotype was collected from the stomach of a barramundi.^[3] It is listed as data deficient on the IUCN Red List.^[1]

Its specific name derived from the Latin, nux (a nut) and frango (to break), which refers to the unusual form of the claws, which resemble nutcrackers.^[2]

References

1. Crandall, K.A. (1996). "Cherax nucifraga". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T4620A11039827. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T4620A11039827.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
2. J. W. Short (1991). "Cherax nucifraga, a new species of freshwater crayfish (Crustacea: Decapoda: Parastacidae) from the Northern Territory, Australia". The Beagle, Records of the Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory. 8 (1): 115–120.
3. "Species Cherax nucifraga Short, 1991". Australian Faunal Directory. Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts. 3 June 2010. Archived from the original on 2 August 2012.