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

By

Lukhaup, Chris
Panteleit, Jörn
Schrimpf, Anne

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2015

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

518

Pages

1-14

Subjects

Cherax snowden new species , Crustacea , Decapoda , freshwater crayfish , Indonesia , Irian Jaya , Kepala Burung (Vogelkop) Peninsula , Oinsok River Drainage , Parastacidae , pet trade , West Papua

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.518.6127

 

Abstract

A new species, Cherax snowden sp. n., from the Oinsok River Drainage, Sawiat District in the central part of the Kepala Burung (Vogelkop) Peninsula, West Papua, Indonesia, is described, figured and compared with the closest related species, Cherax holthuisi Lukhaup & Pekny, 2006. This species is collected and exported for ornamental purposes and its commercial name in the pet trade is “orange tip” or “green orange tip”. Both species may be easily distinguished morphologically or by using sequence divergence, which is substantial, for considering C. snowden sp. n. to be a new species.