Introduction
The genus Cherax is endemic to the Australian continental plate including Australia and southern New Guinea. In Australia, they are commonly known as Yabbies, Gilgies, Koonacs, Marron or Redclaw. A number of beautifully coloured species have recently been discovered in southern New Guinea and popularised in the aquarium industry. — John W. Short, 2026
Diagnosis
Pincers of first chelipeds closing obliquely or horizontally, lateral margin of palm and fixed finger smooth, lacking spines; branchiocardiac grooves merging with cervical groove on dorsum of carapace; telson membranous on posterior half. — John W. Short, 2026
Cherax cainii Austin, 2002 – open-access species data including web-resolution colour photograph.Description
A large, fully aquatic, cultivated species with a natural distribution from Harvey to Denmark in southwest Australia. Taxonomy
Kingdom: Animalia Linnaeus, 1758
Phylum: Arthrop..
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Cherax crassimanus Riek, 1967 – open-access species data including web-resolution colour photograph.Description
A small species known from the Pemberton region in southwest Western Australia.Taxonomy
Kingdom: Animalia Linnaeus, 1758
Phylum: Arthropoda Gravenhorst, 1843
Subphylum: Crustac..
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Cherax depressus Riek, 1951 – open-access species data including web-resolution colour photograph.
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A common semi-aquatic species in southeast Queensland, Australia. Burrows near the water..
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Cherax destructor destructor Clark, 1936 – open-access species data including web-resolution colour photograph.Description
A medium-sized, semi-aquatic subspecies found throughout the Murray-Darling and Lake Eyre drainage
regions in inland Australia. Also translocated into several catchments..
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Cherax dispar Riek, 1951 – open-access species data including web-resolution colour photograph.Description
A small, fully aquatic species endemic to southeast Queensland, Australia from Agnes Waters to the Gold Coast including Fraser, Moreton and North Stradbroke Islands.Taxonomy
Kingdom: ..
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Cherax lorentzi Roux, 1911 – open-access species data including web-resolution colour photograph.Description
A medium-sized species endemic to southwest Papua, Indonesia. Widely distributed in pandanus and sago palm swamps, rivers and streams to 135 m elevation.Taxonomy
Kingdom: Animalia L..
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Cherax nucifraga Short, 1991 – open-access species data including web-resolution colour photograph.
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A medium-sized, semi-aquatic species known from the Reynolds River, Finniss River and M..
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Cherax parvus Short and Davie, 1993 – open-access species data including web-resolution colour photograph.
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A dwarf, fully aquatic, endemic Australian species restricted to flowing rainfor..
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Cherax parvus Short and Davie, 1993 – open-access species data including web-resolution colour photograph.Description
A dwarf, fully aquatic, endemic Australian species restricted to flowing rainforest streams in the upper Tully River catchment above Tully Falls, northeast Queensland, Australia..
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Cherax punctatus Clark, 1936 – open-access species data including web-resolution colour photograph.
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A medium-sized, semi-terrestrial, endemic Australian species presently known from the M..
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