Paranephrops

Paranephrops
Northern koura, P. planifrons
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Family: Parastacidae
Genus: Paranephrops
White, 1842
Species
  • P. planifrons White, 1842
  • P. zealandicus (White, 1847)

Paranephrops is a genus of freshwater crayfish found only in New Zealand. They are known by the English common name freshwater crayfish and the Māori kōura (also written as koura in case lacking macrons).