| Engaeus australis |
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Animalia
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Arthropoda
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Crustacea
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| Class: |
Malacostraca
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Decapoda
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Parastacidae
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Engaeus
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E. The conservation status of a Species is an indicator of the likelihood of that species remaining extant either in the present day or the near future An endangered species is a population of an organism which is at risk of becoming Extinct because it is either few in numbers or threatened by changing environmental or predation The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (also known as the IUCN Red List or Red Data List) created in 1963 is the world's most comprehensive inventory of the global Arthropods are Animals belonging to the Phylum Arthropoda (from Greek ἄρθρον arthron, " Joint " Structure of crustaceans As Arthropods crustaceans have a stiff Exoskeleton, which must be shed to allow the animal to grow ( Ecdysis or molting The Malacostraca (Greek "soft shell" are the largest class of Crustaceans and include most of the animals that non-experts recognize as crustaceans including The decapods or Decapoda ( literally means "ten footed") are an order of Crustaceans within the class Malacostraca, including many Parastacidae is the family of Freshwater Crayfish found in the Southern hemisphere. Engaeus is a genus of freshwater Crayfish found in Australia. australis
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Engaeus australis
Riek, 1969 |
Engaeus australis is a species of crayfish in the family Parastacidae. Crayfish, crawfish, crawdads, or crodgers are freshwater Crustaceans resembling small Lobsters to which they are closely Parastacidae is the family of Freshwater Crayfish found in the Southern hemisphere. It is endemic to Australia. Endemism is the Ecological state of being unique to a place Endemic species are not naturally found elsewhere For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics.
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