''Euastacus jagara'' is a species of

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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 ...

in the family Parastacidae. It is known from only six specimens, all collected at the type locality in the

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in the State of

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, Australia. The streams inhabited by the species are surrounded by Upland Subtropical Rainforest, and drain into the

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. The species is listed as critically endangered on the

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References

Freshwater crustaceans of Australia Endangered fauna of Australia jagara Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Crustaceans described in 1989 {{Crayfish-stub