Systematics of the New Zealand freshwater crayfish Paranephrops (Crustacea: Decapoda: Parastacidae) |
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| Authors: | C L Hopkins |
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| Institution: | Fisheries Research Division, Marine Department , Wellington, New Zealand |
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| Abstract: | The systematics of the endemic New Zealand genus Paranephrops (Family Parastacidae) are re‐examined. Specific characters previously used to separate P. zealandicus and P. setosus are considered to be inadequate, and the two species are merged. The genus, as now proposed, contains only two species: P. planifrons, occupying the Whole of the North Island and northern and western areas of the South Island, and P. zealandicus, occupying eastern and southern parts of the South Island and Stewart Island. |
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