title: Cherax snowden, a new species of crayfish (Crustacea, Decapoda, Parastacidae) from the Kepala Burung (Vogelkop) Peninsula in Irian Jaya (West Papua), Indonesia.
abstract: A new species, Cherax snowden sp. n., from the Oinsok River Drainage, Sawiat District in the central part of the Kepala Burung (Vogelkop) Peninsula, West Papua, Indonesia, is described, figured and compared with the closest related species, Cherax holthuisi Lukhaup & Pekny, 2006. This species is collected and exported for ornamental purposes and its commercial name in the pet trade is "orange tip" or "green orange tip". Both species may be easily distinguished morphologically or by using sequence divergence, which is substantial, for considering Cherax snowden sp. n. to be a new species.
authors.affiliation: Waldstrasse 5a, 66999 Hinterweidenthal, Germany.
authors.forename: Christian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Lukhaup
authors.affiliation: Conservation Genetics,Institute for Environmental Sciences,University Koblenz-Landau, Fortstrasse 7, 76829 Landau, Germany.
authors.forename: Jörn
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Panteleit
authors.affiliation: Conservation Genetics,Institute for Environmental Sciences,University Koblenz-Landau, Fortstrasse 7, 76829 Landau, Germany.
authors.forename: Anne
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Schrimpf
keywords: Cherax snowden new species; Crustacea; Decapoda; Indonesia; Irian Jaya; Kepala Burung (Vogelkop) Peninsula; Oinsok River Drainage; Parastacidae; West Papua; freshwater crayfish; pet trade