Cherax (Astaconephrops) pulcher, a new species of freshwater crayfish (Crustacea, Decapoda, Parastacidae) from the Kepala Burung (Vogelkop) Peninsula, Irian Jaya (West Papua), Indonesia

By

Lukhaup, Chris

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2015

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

502

Pages

1-10

Subjects

Cherax (Astaconephrops) pulcher , Crustacea , Decapoda , freshwater crayfish , Hoa Creek , Indonesia , Irian Jaya , new species , Parastacidae , Teminabuan Region , West Papua

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.502.9800

 

Abstract

A new species, Cherax (Astaconephrops) pulchersp. n., from Hoa Creek, close to the village Teminabuan in the southern-central part of the Kepala Burung (Vogelkop) Peninsula, West Papua, Indonesia, is described, figured and compared with the morphologically closest species, Cherax boesemani Lukhaup & Pekny, 2008.