''Cherax cainii'', known as the smooth marron, is one of two species of
crayfish
Crayfish are freshwater crustaceans belonging to the clade Astacidea, which also contains lobsters. In some locations, they are also known as crawfish, craydids, crawdaddies, crawdads, freshwater lobsters, mountain lobsters, rock lobsters, mu ...
that are
endemic in
Southwestern Australia known as
marron. It occupies a range extending from around
Hutt River in the north west to around
Esperance in the south east of
Western Australia.
The species is also now found in variety of artificial and natural fresh water bodies of
Queensland,
South Australia,
Victoria and
New South Wales in
Australia
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. It has also been introduced to other countries including North America, Chile, South Africa, Zambia, Japan and New Zealand as a part of commercial aquaculture schemes.
References
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Parastacidae
Crustaceans described in 2002
Arthropods of Western Australia
Endemic fauna of Southwest Australia