Paranephrops zealandicus or southern koura is a species of southern crawfish in the family Parastacidae. It is found in New Zealand.[2][1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Family: | Parastacidae |
| Genus: | Paranephrops |
| Species: | P. zealandicus
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| Binomial name | |
| Paranephrops zealandicus (White, 1847)
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The IUCN conservation status of Paranephrops zealandicus is "LC", least concern, with no immediate threat to the species' survival.[1]
Description edit
Paranephrops zealandicus is larger than the northern kōura, Paranephrops planifrons, and has relatively hairier front claws.[3]
References edit
- ^ a b c 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.
- ^ "Paranephrops zealandicus". GBIF. Retrieved 2020-01-25.
- ^ Vennell, Robert (5 October 2022). Secrets of the Sea: The Story of New Zealand's Native Sea Creatures. HarperCollins Publishers Ltd. pp. 44–47. ISBN 978-1-77554-179-0. Wikidata Q114871191.
Further reading edit
- 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.