Seven New Species of Crayfish of the Genus Cherax (Crustacea, Decapoda, Parastacidae) from Western New Guinea, Indonesia Author Lukhaup, Christian Independent Researcher, Waldstrasse 5 a, 66999 Hinterweidenthal, Germany craykeeper@gmx.de Author Eprilurahman, Rury Animal Systematics Laboratory, Department of Tropical Biology, Faculty of Biology, Universitas Gadjah, Mada, Jl. Teknika Selatan, Sekip Utara, Yogyakarta 55281, Indonesia rurybiougm@ugm.ac.id Author Rintelen, Thomas von Museum für Naturkunde — Leibniz Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity Science, Invalidenstrasse 43, 10115 Berlin, Germany thomas.vonrintelen@mfn.berlin text arthropoda 2025 2025-06-03 3 2 1 55 journal article 314129 10.3390/arthropoda3020010 21ff44ac-4cf0-4fda-bdb4-348f6f989ed0 18484894
Table 1. Materials studied, with GenBank accession numbers. Sequences of species represented by more than one sequence are listed consecutively, as labeled in Table 1.
GenBank Acc. No.
SpeciesLocation16SCOISource
Cherax alyciaeUnnamed creek, Boven Digoel Regency, South Papua, Indonesia; 7 December 2016MH457588 MH457589 MH457590MH457597 MH457599 MH457598Lukhaup et al., 2018 [13]
Cherax arguni n. sp.Unnamed tributary close to Rafa village, northern part of Kaimana Regency, West Papua, Indonesia; November 2024PV648009 PV648010 PV648011PV646611 PV646612 PV646613This study
Cherax boesemaniAjamaru Lake, Maybrat Regency, Southwest Papua, Indonesia; 1 ◦ 17 ′ 19.97 ′′ S, 132 ◦ 14 ′ 49.14 ′′ E; 23 January 2016KY654089 KY654090KY654084 KY654085Lukhaup et al., 2017 [12]
Cherax bomberai n. sp.Unnamed tributary of Otauar River drainage in the NE part of Fakfak Regency, West Papua, Indonesia; November 2024PV648007 PV648008PV646609 PV646610This study
Cherax communisPaniai Lake, Paniai Regency, Central Papua, IndonesiaMH457602Lukhaup et al., 2018 [13]
Cherax doberai n. sp.Nameless creek in Teluk Bintuni Regency, West Papua, Indonesia; May 2019PV648012This study
Cherax farhadii n. sp.Nameless creek in Teluk Bintuni Regency, West Papua, Indonesia; May 2019PQ777191 PQ777192Lukhaup et al., 2024 [14] (as C. sp. A, Figure 6 in [14])
Cherax gherardiiPet tradeKU821432KU821417Blaha et al., 2016 [30]
Cherax holthuisiUter-Aitinjo Lake, Maybrat Regency, Southwest Papua, IndonesiaKU821433KU821419Blaha et al., 2016 [30]
Cherax kaimana n. sp.Unnamed tributary close to Rafa village, northern part of Kaimana Regency, West Papua, Indonesia; November 2024PV648006PV646608This study
Cherax misolicusMisool Island, Raja Ampat Regency, Southwest Papua, Indonesia (Leiden Museum)KJ920813Eprilurahman et al. (unpublished)
Cherax monticolaBaliem River, Wamena, Jayawijaya Regency, Highland Papua, IndonesiaKF649851 KJ920818KF649851Gan et al., 2014 [31]