Effective management of aquatic fauna requires knowledge of the ways in which
populations in different catchments and sub‐catchments are connected. A powerful way to …

The characterisation of intraspecific genetic diversity in representatives of the South
American crayfish genus Parastacus Huxley, 1879 is here carried out for the first time by …

Abstract The Southern Hemisphere freshwater crayfish family, Parastacidae, currently
includes 178 species and 15 genera. Australia is the centre of parastacid diversity, with 10 …

Identifying species groups is an important yet difficult task, with there being no single
accepted definition as to what constitutes a species, nor a set of criteria by which they should …

Abstract The Australian Continent is home to one of the most diverse freshwater crayfish
faunas in the world, and includes many of the world's largest species of freshwater crayfish …

The giant freshwater crayfish, Astacopsis gouldi Clark, 1936, is an endangered endemic
freshwater species native to Northern Tasmania. Habitat loss, fishing pressure, and climate …

The valley of Cuatro Ciénegas, an aquatic oasis located in the Mexican Chihuahuan Desert,
exhibits the highest level of endemism in North America and is a Mexican National Protected …

Freshwater species in general (and crayfish specifically) often have limited ranges with high
species endemism within, and species turnover between, catchments. Freshwater species …

The genus Astacopsis was raised by TH Huxley in 1878 to hold Astacus franklinii (Grey).
Three more species were added to the genus (Clark 1936a, Riek 1969b) before revision by …

It is apparent that throughout the world, population declines and species' extinctions are
occurring at an unprecedented rate (Dirzo & Raven, 2003; DeSalle & Amato, 2004; May …