Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Yarra spiny crayfish being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Euastacus armatus
- Euastacus valentulus
- Euastacus sulcatus
- Euastacus hystricosus
- Euastacus urospinosus
- Euastacus kershawi
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Malacostraca
- Order
- Decapoda
- Family
- Parastacidae
- Genus
- Euastacus
- Species
- Euastacus yarraensis
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