Paranephrops zealandicus

Paranephrops zealandicus
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Suborder:	Pleocyemata
Family:	Parastacidae
Genus:	Paranephrops
Species:	P. zealandicus
Binomial name
Paranephrops zealandicus (White, 1847)

Paranephrops zealandicus or southern koura is a species of southern crawfish in the family Parastacidae. It is found in New Zealand. ^{[2] [1]}

The IUCN conservation status of Paranephrops zealandicus is "LC", least concern, with no immediate threat to the species' survival. ^[1]

Description

Paranephrops zealandicus is larger than the northern kōura, Paranephrops planifrons , and has relatively hairier front claws. ^[3]

References

1. Parkyn, S. (2010). "Paranephrops zealandicus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2010 e.T153614A4520500. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T153614A4520500.en . Retrieved 13 November 2021.
2. "Paranephrops zealandicus". GBIF. Retrieved 2020-01-25.
3. Vennell, Robert (5 October 2022). Secrets of the Sea: The Story of New Zealand's Native Sea Creatures. HarperCollins UK. pp. 44–47. ISBN   978-1-77554-179-0. LCCN   2021388548. Wikidata   Q114871191.

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): 1–236. doi:10.5479/si.00810282.480.
• 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.