EUASTACUS WOIWURU
COMMON NAME: CENTRAL HIGHLAND SPINY CRAYFISH
COLOUR: Body dorsally brown, brown/green or red/brown.
LARGEST SIZE OBSERVED: 55 mm CARAPACE LENGTH, xx gms WEIGHT.
LARGEST SIZE (THIRD PARTY): x cm CARAPACE LENGTH, xx Kgs WEIGHT.
INCREASE IN CARAPACE LENGTH AFTER MOULT:
Measuring moult shell and comparing to crayfish approximately 10 days after
Moult.
| OLD CARAPACE LENGTH (mm) |
NEW CARAPACE LENGTH (mm) |
INCREASE IN LENGTH (mm) |
SEX | MOULT DATE |
BROOD STOCK BERRIED: Early
June.
JUVENILES RELEASED:
Late November .
TOTAL:
91 juveniles.
FEMALE
WEIGHT:
37 grams OCL: 48 mm
COLOUR:
Mostly redish. One bluish.
AVERAGE
LENGTH:
8 mm (tail tip to eye socket)
MINIMUM MATING SIZE: XX cm CARAPACE LENGTH OBSERVED TO DATE.
DISTRIBUTION: Steams in central Victoria, tributaries of the Yarra, Murray and Latrobe Rivers.
CONSERVATION STATUS: Unknown.