Lamington spiny crayfish

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The Lamington spiny crayfish is a brightly colored, heavily spined freshwater crayfish species endemic to the rainforest streams of Lamington National Park in Queensland, Australia.

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Lamington spiny crayfish canonical 2
Euastacus 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf animal
crayfish
decapod
freshwater crustacean
species
associatedWith rainforest leaf litter
rocky stream beds
class Malacostraca
conservationContext restricted range species
country Australia
diet aquatic invertebrates
detritus
omnivorous
ecologicalRole benthic detritivore
prey for native predators
ecoregion Gondwana Rainforests of Australia
endemicTo Australia
Lamington National Park NERFINISHED
Queensland
environment cool, shaded forest streams
family Parastacidae
genus Lamington spiny crayfish self-linksurface differs
surface form: Euastacus
geographicDistribution South East Queensland
surface form: southeastern Queensland
habitat freshwater creeks
rainforest streams
hasColoration brightly colored
hasExoskeleton chitinous exoskeleton
hasLimbs chelae
five pairs of walking legs
hasMorphologicalFeature heavily spined exoskeleton
kingdom Animalia
livesInProtectedArea Lamington National Park NERFINISHED
locomotion benthic walking
nativeTo Australia
order Decapoda
phylum Arthropoda
reproduction egg-laying
external fertilization
respiration gills
stateOrTerritory Queensland
subphylum Crustacea
threats climate change impacts on stream flow
habitat degradation
water pollution

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Lamington National Park fauna Lamington spiny crayfish
Gondwana Rainforests of Australia containsSpecies Lamington spiny crayfish
Lamington spiny crayfish genus Lamington spiny crayfish self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Euastacus