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Ombrastacoides
Ombrastacoides is a genus of burrowing freshwater crayfish, referred to with its sister genus Spinastacoides, as rain crayfish. It is one of five genera of Tasmanian freshwater crayfish, is endemic to Tasmania and currently contains 11 species. Rain crayfish are widely distributed in sedgeland ecosystems, including buttongrass (Gymnoschoenus sphaerocephalus) moorlands, swamps and heathy slopes in the western half of Tasmania. These genera are considered keystone species and ecosystem engineers in sedgeland ecosystems due to the impacts...
11 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Ombrastacoides leptomerus
speciesOmbrastacoides leptomerus
Ombrastacoides huonensis
speciesOmbrastacoides huonensis
Ombrastacoides decemdentatus
speciesOmbrastacoides decemdentatus
Ombrastacoides asperrimanus
speciesOmbrastacoides asperrimanus
Ombrastacoides brevirostris
speciesOmbrastacoides brevirostris
Ombrastacoides ingressus
speciesOmbrastacoides ingressus
Ombrastacoides denisoni
speciesOmbrastacoides denisoni
Ombrastacoides dissitus
speciesOmbrastacoides dissitus
Ombrastacoides professorum
speciesOmbrastacoides professorum
Ombrastacoides pulcher
speciesOmbrastacoides pulcher
Ombrastacoides parvicaudatus
speciesOmbrastacoides parvicaudatus
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 90451.