Euastacus crassus

Euastacus crassus is a species of southern crayfish in the family Parastacidae.^[2][1] It is commonly known as the Alpine spiny crayfish.^[3][4]

Euastacus crassus
Conservation status
Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Suborder:	Pleocyemata
Family:	Parastacidae
Genus:	Euastacus
Species:	E. crassus
Binomial name
Euastacus crassus Riek, 1951

The IUCN conservation status of Euastacus crassus is "EN", endangered. The species faces a high risk of extinction in the near future. The IUCN status was reviewed in 2010.^[1]

References

1. Furse, J.; Coughran, J.; Lawler, S. (2010). "Euastacus crassus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T8148A12892235. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T8148A12892235.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
2. "Euastacus crassus". GBIF. Retrieved 2020-01-23.
3. "Species at risk: Alpine spiny crayfish". Reclaim Kosci. 2019-02-20. Retrieved 2021-04-13.
4. Australia, Atlas of Living. "Species: Euastacus crassus". bie.ala.org.au. Retrieved 2021-04-13.

Further reading

• Hobbs, Horton H. Jr. (1989). "An Illustrated Checklist of the American Crayfishes (Decapoda: Astacidae, Cambaridae, and Parastacidae)" (PDF). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology (480).
• Nizinski, Martha S. (2003). "Annotated checklist of decapod crustaceans of Atlantic coastal and continental shelf waters of the United States" (PDF). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 116 (1): 96–157. ISSN 0006-324X.