EUASTACUS KERSHAWI
COMMON NAME: GIPPSLAND SPINY CRAYFISH
COLOUR: Body dorsally dark green, green/blue or green/brown and some dark brown/black.
LARGEST SIZE OBSERVED: 16cm CARAPACE LENGTH, 2.27Kgs WEIGHT
LARGEST SIZE (THIRD PARTY): 18cm CARAPACE LENGTH, 2.72Kgs WEIGHT
INCREASE IN CARAPACE LENGTH AFTER MOULT:
Measuring moult shell and comparing to crayfish approximately 10 days after
Moult.
| OLD CARAPACE LENGTH (cm) |
NEW CARAPACE LENGTH (cm) |
INCREASE IN LENGTH (cm) |
SEX | MOULT DATE |
| 9.1 | 9.6 | 0.5 | F | 04/08/06 |
| 11.4 | 11.8 | 0.4 | M | 14/08/06 |
BROOD STOCK BERRIED: Early
June.
JUVENILES RELEASED:
Early October.
TOTAL:
610 juveniles.
FEMALE
WEIGHT:
850 grams OCL: 11.4cm
COLOUR:
Mostly redish, white across tail and back.
AVERAGE
LENGTH:
10 mm (tail tip to eye socket)
MINIMUM MATING SIZE: XX cm CARAPACE LENGTH OBSERVED TO DATE.
DISTRIBUTION: Southern flowing streams of Gippsland.
CONSERVATION STATUS: Unknown.