Paranephrops

Paranephrops
Northern koura, P. planifrons
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
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 names freshwater crayfish and koura, the latter from their Māori name of kōura.