Major Group: Crustacea Minor Group: Malacostraca Order: Decapoda Family: Parastacidae Genus:Astacopsis
Descriptive Features:
rostrum divided by longitudinal carina
body with some spines or tubercles
telson entirely calcified, without trace of a transverse suture, podobranchs with stein continued to apex of gill but without a broad wing-like expansion
6 posterior arthrobranchs very reduced, particularly most posterior one
Male genitalia simple, short papilla with a cylindrical calcified portion
Total length: up to 76 cm
Astacopsis gouldi
Taxonomic Checklist: Species Astacopsis franklinii Gray Astacopsis gouldii Clark Astacopsis tricornis Clark
Distribution: Tas
Functional Feeding Group: gathering collectors
Information Sources: Davie 2002, Hawking & Smith 1997, Merrick 1993, Morgan 1988, Riek 1969, Williams 1980 Key to Species: Horwitz 1995 (SWA, N & E Aus, incomplete), Riek 1969 (extra sp. see Davie 2002)
