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Geocharax Clark, 1936

885849  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:885849)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Arthropoda (Phylum)
  4. Crustacea (Subphylum)
  5. Multicrustacea (Superclass)
  6. Malacostraca (Class)
  7. Eumalacostraca (Subclass)
  8. Eucarida (Superorder)
  9. Decapoda (Order)
  10. Pleocyemata (Suborder)
  11. Astacidea (Infraorder)
  12. Parastacoidea (Superfamily)
  13. Parastacidae (Family)
  14. Geocharax (Genus)
accepted
Genus
Geocherax Clark, 1936 · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Parastacoides Clark, 1936 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

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  1. Species Geocharax falcata Clark, 1941
  2. Species Geocharax tasmanicus (Erichson, 1846)
  3. Species Geocharax gracilis Clark, 1936 accepted as Geocherax tasmanicus (Erichson, 1846) accepted as Geocharax tasmanicus (Erichson, 1846) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  4. Species Geocharax laevis Clark, 1941 accepted as Engaeus laevis (Clark, 1941) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  5. Species Geocharax lyelli Clark, 1936 accepted as Engaeus lyelli (Clark, 1936) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
masculine
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
DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Geocharax Clark, 1936. Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025) Marine Species Traits at: https://marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=885849 on 2025-09-18
Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025). Marine Species Traits. Geocharax Clark, 1936. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=885849 on 2025-09-18
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2016-09-20 06:54:36Z
created
Crandall, Keith A.
2017-06-16 19:18:02Z
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Crandall, Keith A.
2020-11-08 17:42:22Z
changed
De Grave, Sammy
2022-01-27 10:02:28Z
changed
De Grave, Sammy
2022-05-12 07:12:47Z
changed
Crandall, Keith A.

original description 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 Parastacoides 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

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 (Geocharax) 
To Genbank (from synonym Parastacoides Clark, 1936)
To Genbank 
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