DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.18485070
title: Table 2 in Seven New Species of Crayfish of the Genus Cherax (Crustacea, Decapoda, Parastacidae) from Western New Guinea, Indonesia

description: Table 2. Morphometric measurement comparisons for the seven species described in the present study (Cherax arguni n. sp., C. bomberai n. sp., C. doberai n. sp., C. farhadii n. sp., C. kaimana n. sp., C. nigli n. sp, and C. veritas n. sp.,), showing means, standard deviation, and range. All measurements are in mm.
C. arguniC. bomberaiC. doberaiC. farhadiiCharactersMale (n = 3)Female (n = 3)Male (n = 3)Female (n = 2)MaleFemaleMale (n = 6)Female (n = 3)Chela length58.7 ± 0.9 (57.7–59.9)43.4 ± 2.9 (39.3–46.3)38.2 ± 8.5 (28.2–49.0)33 ± 5.6 (27.4–38.6)25.8n/a40.9 ± 9.5 (30.8–59.6)28.5 ± 0.4 (28.1–29.1)Chela width20.5 ± 0.8 (19.4–21.2)14.3 ± 0.6 (13.5–15.1)15.8 ± 3.5 (12.4–20.7)12.2 ± 1.1 (11.1–13.3)11.2n/a16.2 ± 4.8 (12.3–26.5)9.8 ± 0.1 (9.7–10.0)Chela height7.4 ± 2.9 (3.3–9.7)6.6 ± 0.5 (6.0–7.3)8.7 ± 1.8 (6.3–10.8)7.1 ± 0.5 (6.6–7.6)7.0n/a7.9 ± 2.3 (5.4–12.6)5.4 ± 0.3 (5.0–5.8)Dactylus21.1 ± 0.4 (20.6–21.4)18.9 ± 1.7 (17.7–20.5)14.9 ± 3.4 (11.1–19.4)15 ± 2.8 (12.2–17.8)10.6n/a14.7 ± 2.3 (12.2–18.4)13.3 ± 0.1 (13.2–13.4)Ratio of chela length/width2.8 ± 0.1 (2.7–3.0)3.0 ± 0.1 (2.9–3.1)2.4 ± 0.1 (2.3–2.6)2.7 ± 0.3 (2.4–2.9)2.3n/a2.6 ± 0.3 (2.2–3.0)2.8 ± 0.0 (2.8–2.9)Ratio of chela length/dactylus2.8 ± 0.0 (2.7–2.8)2.3 ± 0.2 (2.1–2.5)2.5 ± 0.0 (2.5–2.6)2.2 ± 0.1 (2.1–2.2)2.4n/a2.7 ± 0.3 (2.3–3.2)2.1 ± 0.0 (2.1)Rostrum length15.7 ± 0.9 (14.6–16.7)16.6 ± 1.7 (14.6–18.8)12.4 ± 1.5 (10.9–14.5)13.1 ± 2.5 (10.6–15.6)5.2n/a13.5 ± 2.0 (9.5–15.9)12.6 ± 0.8 (12.0–13.8)Rostrum width6.7 ± 0.1 (6.6–6.8)7.3 ± 0.5 (6.6–7.8)5.2 ± 0.4 (4.7–5.6)5.8 ± 0.9 (4.9–6.7)3.6n/a6.2 ± 0.8 (5.2–6.9)5.8 ± 0.4 (5.3–6.3)Ratio of rostrum length/width2.3 ± 0.1 (2.2–2.4)2.2 ± 0.1 (2.1–2.4)2.3 ± 0.2 (2.0–2.5)2.2 ± 0.1 (2.1–2.3)1.4n/a2.1 ± 0.2 (1.8–2.4)2.1 ± 0.1 (2.0–2.2)Areola width middle9.8 ± 0.3 (9.6–10.2)11.6 ± 0.1 (11.5–11.8)8.0 ± 1.2 (6.6–9.6)9.4 ± 1.3 (8.1–10.7)4.5n/a9.3 ± 1.0 (7.7–10.8)8.8 ± 0.4 (8.4–9.3)Areola length18.6 ± 1.1 (17.3–19.9)19.4 ± 0.3 (19.0–19.8)15.0 ± 2.1 (13.3–17.9)16.2 ± 1.9 (14.2–18.1)10.3n/a16.7 ± 1.8 (14.1–18.8)15.1 ± 0.2 (14.8–15.2)Pleon width24.4 ± 1.3 (23.0–26.2)28.4 ± 0.1 (28.3–28.5)18.8 ± 3.2 (16.3–23.3)22.05 ± 3.0 (19.0–25.1)11.7n/a21.03 ± 2.3 (17.2–23.1)20.03 ± 1.5 (18.7–22.4)Pleon length70.9 ± 1.6 (69.1–73.0)76.7 ± 0.2 (76.6–77)57.0 ± 8.6 (50.4–69.1)65.3 ± 9.3 (56.0–74.5)36.1n/a62.9 ± 6.4 (52.5–69.7)58.4 ± 3.3 (54.5–62.6)Carapace width27.8 ± 1.0 (27.0–29.2)28.4 ± 0.4 (28.1–28.9)21.2 ± 3.1 (18.7–25.6)21.8 ± 3.3 (18.5–25.0)12.3n/a23.5 ± 2.9 (18.5–26.2)21.0 ± 1.1 (19.5–21.7)Carapace length62.8 ± 2.7 (60.9–66.6)64.1 ± 2.1 (61.8–66.8)48.0 ± 7.4 (42.5–58.4)52.1 ± 8.6 (43.5–60.6)28.6n/a54.3 ± 6.1 (43.0–59.9)48.0 ± 1.8 (45.8–50.3)Total length133.7 ± 4.1 (130.0–139.4)140.8 ± 2.1 (138.4–143.5)105.0 ± 15.9 (92.9–127.5)117.3 ± 17.8 (99.5–135.1)64.7n/a117.2 ± 12.3 (95.5–127.7)106.3 ± 5.2 (100.3–112.9)
description: Published as part of Lukhaup, Christian, Eprilurahman, Rury & Rintelen, Thomas von, 2025, Seven New Species of Crayfish of the Genus Cherax (Crustacea, Decapoda, Parastacidae) from Western New Guinea, Indonesia, pp. 14 in arthropoda 3 (2) on page 14, DOI: 10.3390/arthropoda3020010, http://zenodo.org/record/18484894