Paranephrops
Also known as Koura
Paranephrops is a genus of freshwater crayfish found only in New Zealand. They are known by the English common name freshwater crayfish and the Māori (also written as koura in case lacking macrons).
Species
Northern Koura
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassMalacostraca
- OrderDecapoda
- FamilyParastacidae
Observations1,283
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Article
13 sectionsContents
- Species
- Description
- Ecology
- Diet
- Habitat
- Predators, cannibalism and disease
- Growth
- Reproduction
- Aquaculture
- History
- References
- Further reading
- External links
Paranephrops is a genus of freshwater crayfish found only in New Zealand. They are known by the English common name freshwater crayfish and the Māori (also written as koura in case lacking macrons).
==Species== The two species are: