Crayfish of Tasmania

Tasmania* -- Crayfish Species Checklist

*Including the Bass Straight Islands

(KEY: E = Endangered; Vu= Vulnerable; HCS= High Conservation Significance; T= Threatened; CS =
Currently Stable. Parentheses ( ) around the status indicate possible or known introductions and a (¤)
indicates a species complex currently under investigation). NA = Information not available.

Species	Status
1. Astacopsis gouldi	Vu
2. Astacopsis franklini	HCS
3. Astacopsis tricornis	HCS
4. Engaeus cisternarius	CS
5. Engaeus cunicularis	CS
6. Engaeus disjuncticus	CS
7. Engaeus fossor	CS
8. Engaeus granulatus	CS
9. Engaeus lengana	CS
10. Engaeus leptorhynchus	CS
11. Engaeus mairener	CS
12. Engaeus martigener	CS
13. Engaeus nulloporius	CS
14. Engaeus orramakunna	Vu
15. Engaeus spinicaudatus	Vu
16. Engaeus tayatea	CS
17. Engaeus yabbimunna	Vu
18. Geocharax falcata	CS
19. Geocharax gracilis	CS
20. Parastacoides tasmanicus tasmanicus	CS
21. Parastacoides tasmanicus insignis	CS
22. Parastacoides tasmanicus inermis	CS

References:

Horwitz, P. (1990b). The Conservation Status of Australian Freshwater Crustacea (with a provisional
list of threatened species, habitats and potentially threatening processes). Report Series No. 14,
Australian National Parks and Wildlife Service, Canberra. 121pp.

Last Updated: 09 September 2004
James W. Fetzner Jr.