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Cherax

Keith A. Crandall
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Horwitz (1995)
Containing group: Parastacoidea

Discussion of Phylogenetic Relationships

Phylogenetic relationships in this group have been preliminarily explored by Austin (1995) using morphological and allozyme data.

References

Austin, C.M. 1995. Evolution in the genus Cherax (Decapoda: Parastacidae) in Australia: A numberical cladistic analysis of allozyme and morphological data. Freshwater Crayfish 8:32-50.

Horwitz, P. 1995. A preliminary key to the species of Decapoda (Crustacea: Malacostraca) found in Australian inland waters. Co-operative Research Centre for Freshwater Ecology, Albury, Australia.

Riek, E.F. 1969. The Australian freshwater crayfish (Crustacea: Decapoda: Parastacidae), with descriptions of new species. Australian Journal of Zoology 17:855-918.

Short, J.W. 1991. Cherax nucifraga, a new species of freshwater crayfish (Crustacea: Decapoda: Parastacidae) from the Northern Territory, Australia. The Beagle, Records of the Northern Territory Museum of Arts and Sciences 8:115-120.

Short, J.W. 1993. Cherax cartalacoolah, a new species of freshwater crayfish (Decapoda: Parastacidae) from Northeast Australia. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 33:55-59.

Short, J.W. and Davie, P.J.F. 1993. Two new species of freshwater crayfish (Crustacea: Decapoda: Parastacidae) from Northeastern Queensland rainforest. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 34:69-80.

Sokol, A. 1988. Morphological variation in relation to the taxonomy of the destructor group of the genus Cherax. Invertebrate Taxonomy 2:55-79.

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