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Engaeus Erichson, 1846

885060  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:885060)

accepted
Genus
Engaeus fossor (Erichson, 1846) (type by subsequent designation)
Astacus (Engaeus) Erichson, 1846 · unaccepted (status change)
Austroastacus Clark, 1936 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Pseudengaeus E Clark, 1936 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

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  1. Species Engaeus affinis Smith & Schuster, 1913
  2. Species Engaeus australis Riek, 1969
  3. Species Engaeus cisternarius Suter, 1977
  4. Species Engaeus cunicularius (Erichson, 1846)
  5. Species Engaeus curvisuturus Horwitz, 1990
  6. Species Engaeus cymus (Clark, 1936)
  7. Species Engaeus disjuncticus Horwitz, 1990
  8. Species Engaeus excavator Richardson, 2024
  9. Species Engaeus fossor (Erichson, 1846)
  10. Species Engaeus fultoni Smith & Schuster, 1913
  11. Species Engaeus granulatus Horwitz, 1990
  12. Species Engaeus hemicirratulus Smith & Schuster, 1913
  13. Species Engaeus karnanga Horwitz, 1990
  14. Species Engaeus laevis (Clark, 1941)
  15. Species Engaeus lengana Horwitz, 1990
  16. Species Engaeus leptorhynchus Clark, 1939
  17. Species Engaeus lyelli (Clark, 1936)
  18. Species Engaeus mairener Horwitz, 1990
  19. Species Engaeus mallacoota Horwitz, 1990
  20. Species Engaeus martigener Horwitz, 1990
  21. Species Engaeus merosetosus Horwitz, 1990
  22. Species Engaeus nulloporius Horwitz, 1990
  23. Species Engaeus orientalis Clark, 1941
  24. Species Engaeus orramakunna Horwitz, 1990
  25. Species Engaeus phyllocercus Smith & Schuster, 1913
  26. Species Engaeus quadrimanus Clark, 1936
  27. Species Engaeus rostrogaleatus Horwitz, 1990
  28. Species Engaeus sericatus Clark, 1936
  29. Species Engaeus spinicaudatus Horwitz, 1990
  30. Species Engaeus sternalis (Clark, 1936)
  31. Species Engaeus strictifrons (Clark, 1936)
  32. Species Engaeus tayatea Horwitz, 1990
  33. Species Engaeus tuberculatus Clark, 1936
  34. Species Engaeus urostrictus Riek, 1969
  35. Species Engaeus victoriensis Smith & Schuster, 1913
  36. Species Engaeus yabbimunna Horwitz, 1994
  37. Species Engaeus connectus Riek, 1969 accepted as Engaeus tuberculatus Clark, 1936 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  38. Species Engaeus ignotus Clark, 1939 accepted as Engaeus fossor (Erichson, 1846) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  39. Species Engaeus jumbunna Riek, 1969 accepted as Engaeus hemicirratulus Smith & Schuster, 1913 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  40. Species Engaeus marmoratus Clark, 1941 accepted as Engaeus quadrimanus Clark, 1936 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  41. Species Engaeus parvulus Riek, 1951 accepted as Engaeus cymus (Clark, 1936) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  42. Species Engaeus villosus Clark, 1936 accepted as Engaeus affinis Smith & Schuster, 1913 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
masculine
(of Astacus (Engaeus) Erichson, 1846) Erichson, W. F. (1846). Uebersicht der Arten der Gattung <i>Astacus</i>. <em>Archiv fur Naturgeschichte.</em> 12(1): 86-103., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13704849 [details] OpenAccess publication
DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Engaeus Erichson, 1846. Accessed at: https://www.decanet.info/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=885060 on 2025-09-12
Date
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by
2016-09-19 12:01:56Z
created
Crandall, Keith A.
2017-06-16 19:18:02Z
changed
Crandall, Keith A.
2021-01-19 10:38:58Z
changed
De Grave, Sammy

original description (of Austroastacus Clark, 1936) Clark, E. (1936). The freshwater and land crayfishes of Australia. <em>Memoirs of the Natural Museum. Melbourne.</em> 10: 5-58., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52382808 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

original description (of Pseudengaeus E Clark, 1936) Clark, E. (1936). The freshwater and land crayfishes of Australia. <em>Memoirs of the Natural Museum. Melbourne.</em> 10: 5-58., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52382808 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

original description (of Astacus (Engaeus) Erichson, 1846) Erichson, W. F. (1846). Uebersicht der Arten der Gattung <i>Astacus</i>. <em>Archiv fur Naturgeschichte.</em> 12(1): 86-103., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13704849 [details] OpenAccess publication

taxonomy source Horwitz, P. (1990). A taxonomic revision of species in the freshwater crayfish genus Engaeus Erichson (Decapoda : Parastacidae). <em>Invertebrate Systematics.</em> 4(3): 427-614., available online at https://doi.org/10.1071/it9900427 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

basis of record Crandall, K.A.; De Grave, S. (2017). An updated classification of the freshwater crayfishes (Decapoda: Astacidea) of the world, with a complete species list. <em>Journal of Crustacean Biology.</em> 37: 615-653. (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/jcbiol/rux070 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Schultz, M. B., Smith, S. A., Richardson, A. M. M., Horwitz, P., Crandall, K. A. & Austin, C. M. (2007). Cryptic diversity in Engaeus Erichson, Geocharax Clark and Gramastacus Riek (Decapoda : Parastacidae) revealed by mitochondrial 16S rDNA sequences. <em>Invertebrate Systematics.</em> 21(6): 569., available online at https://doi.org/10.1071/is07019 [details] Available for editors  PDF available
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Engaeus) 
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