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Paranephrops
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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).
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Northern Koura
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- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassMalacostraca
- OrderDecapoda
- FamilyParastacidae
Habitatfreshwater
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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:
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