Freshwater Macro-Fauna South West Australia

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Mussel Watch s a prgram desgned

b Murdch Unverst researchers and

cmmunt partners (SERCUL) t assst n the

cllecn f dstrbunal nfrman fr

freshwater mussels. The webste prvdes an

educanal tl t create awareness abut

the nl freshwater mussel (Westralunio

carteri ) fund n the suth-west f WA.We use the nfrman u prvde t

create a database f mussel stes, whch then

are used t map the speces dstrbun

thrughut suth-western WA.

Whenever u nd Westralunio carteri , u

can help b tellng us abut t.

Phone: (08) 9360 7419

Report a mussel sighng online at:

www.musselwatchwa.com

Freshwater 

ofSouth-western

 Australia F      auna 

MACRO-

Fr mre nfrman please cntact:

69 Hrle Rad, Beckenham

Ph: 9458 5664

Fax: 9458 5661

www.sercul.rg.au

Murdoch University

Centre fr Fsh & Fsheres Research

sh@murdch.edu.au

www.freshwatershgrup.cm

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Phtgraphs and nfrman prvded b

Davd Mrgan, Stephen Bea, Mchael

Klunznger, Mark Allen, Dr Gerald Kuchlng,

Karen Benk, Rbert McCrmack and the

Department f Fsheres, Gvernment f 

Western Australa.

Fr mre detaled nfrman abut these

anmals please refer t the new SERCUL

publcan entled: A eld gude t

freshwater shes, crashes & mussels f 

suth-western Australa.

Ths brchure was funded b:

Albany

MargaretRiver

Perth

  reshwater Macro-Fauna ofSouth-western

 Australia Glossy Koonac

Cherax glaber 

Distribuon: Fund nl frmDunsbrugh t Wnd Harbur.Conservaon status: Nt lsted

Restricted Gilgie

Cherax crassimanus

Distribuon: Restrcted t sutherncastal rvers frm Margaret Rvert Walple.Conservaon status: Nt lsted

Smooth Marron

Cherax cainii 

Distribuon: The mst wdespread f the Cherax speces ccupng a rangefrm Hu Rver t the Esperanceregn.Conservaon status: Nt lsted.Recreanal marrn sher managedb the Department f Fsheres,Gvernment f Western Australa.

Glass Shrimp

Palaemonetes australis

Distribuon: Fund thrughut thelwer west cast and suth-westcast f Western Australa.Conservaon status: Nt lsted

F     

Rakali

(Water Rat)

Hydromys chrysogaster 

Distribuon: Mre Rver tJerdacuup Rver.Conservaon status: PRioRiTy4 (DEC); Least Cncern (iUCN)

Long-neck Turtle

Chelodina oblonga

Distribuon: Hll Rver t Susea Rver(Ftzgerald Rver Nanal Park).Cnservan status: NEARTHREATENED (iUCN Red Lst 1996)

C D ept of Fisheries

Gilgie 

Cherax quinquecarinatus

Distribuon: Wdespread frmMre Rver n the nrth t just eastf Alban.Conservaon status: Nt lsted

C D ept of Fisheries

Koonac

Cherax preissii 

Distribuon: Mre Rver t justeast f Alban.Conservaon status: Nt lsted

C D ept of Fisheries

 Western Swamp Tortoise

Pseudemydura umbrinaDistribuon: Ellen Brk and TwnSwamps, Perth.Conservaon status: CRiTiCALLyENDANGERED EPBC ACT 1999

C Gerald Kulchling

Hairy Marron

Cherax tenuimanus

Distribuon: Restrcted t upper Margaret Rver.Conservaon Status: CRiTiCALLy ENDANGERED (EPBC Act 1999 / WA DEC / iUCN)

C Dept of Fisheries

 Yabbie (Feral)

*Cherax destructor 

Distribuon: A number f rvers frm theHu Rver t the Esperance regn.

C Dept of Fisheries

R. McCormack 

C Gould

D. Morgan

M. Allen

J. Robert