Engaewa

Taxobox
name = "Engaewa"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
subphylum = Crustacea
classis = Malacostraca
ordo = Decapoda
subordo = Pleocyemata
infraordo = Astacidea
familia = Parastacidae
genus = "Engaewa"
genus_authority = Riek, 1967
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = "E. pseudoreducta"
"E. reducta"
"E. walpolea"
" E. subcoerulea"
"E. similis [ http://tolweb.org/tree?group=Engaewa&contgroup=Parastacoidea Accessed 2007/07/09 ]

"Engaewa" is a genus of burrowing crayfish endemic to Southwest Australia, and belonging to the family Parastacidae. They are small (up to 5 cm), and found only in freshwater swamps and seepages in the higher-rainfall areas. There are five recognised species, three of which are threatened: "E. walpolea" (vulnerable), "E. reducta", the Dunsborough Burrowing Crayfish (endangered) and "E. pseudoreducta" (critically endangered).

References

* cite news
last = Mantle
first = Kellie
coauthors =
title = Endangered - Burrowing Crayfish
work = Landscope
pages =
language =
publisher = WA Dept. of Environment & Conservation
date = Summer 2006-2007