title: Cherax (Astaconephrops) pulcher, a new species of freshwater crayfish (Crustacea, Decapoda, Parastacidae) from the Kepala Burung (Vogelkop) Peninsula, Irian Jaya (West Papua), Indonesia.
abstract: A new species, Cherax (Astaconephrops) pulchersp. n., from Hoa Creek, close to the village Teminabuan in the southern-central part of the Kepala Burung (Vogelkop) Peninsula, West Papua, Indonesia, is described, figured and compared with the morphologically closest species, Cheraxboesemani Lukhaup & Pekny, 2008.
authors.affiliation: Waldstrasse.5a, 66999 Hinterweidenthal, Germany.
authors.forename: Christian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Lukhaup
keywords: Cherax (Astaconephrops) pulcher; Crustacea; Decapoda; Hoa Creek; Indonesia; Irian Jaya; Parastacidae; Teminabuan Region; West Papua; freshwater crayfish; new species