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'''''Paranephrops''''' is a genus comprising two '''freshwater [[crayfish]]''' species [[endemic (ecology)|endemic]] to [[New Zealand]], the [[northern koura]] |
'''''Paranephrops''''' is a genus comprising two '''freshwater [[crayfish]]''' species [[endemic (ecology)|endemic]] to [[New Zealand]], the [[northern koura]], ''Paranephrops planifrons'', and the [[southern koura]], ''Paranephrops zealandicus''. The name '''koura''' derives from the [[Māori language]]. |
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| Genus: | Paranephrops White, 1842
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Paranephrops is a genus comprising two freshwater crayfish species endemic to New Zealand, the northern koura, Paranephrops planifrons, and the southern koura, Paranephrops zealandicus. The name koura derives from the Māori language.
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