A Dictionary of Non-Scientific Names of Freshwater Crayfishes ...

NUMBER 38 83
PARASTACIDAE. [Australia:Queensland; Pitta-
Pitta and Mitakoodi Aboriginal tribes. These tribal designations
= Pitapita (139°45'E x 22°45'S) and Maithakari
(140°40'E x 20°5'S) of Tindale, 1974:180 and
184] Roth, 1897:93 and Plate V (fig. 86). See beekodl,
koon-da-chi, kuntatyi, pe-kool, and tunanyty.
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PARASTACIDAE. [Australia: Northern Territory;
Aranda Aboriginal tribes (134 °45'E x 24°40' S)] Strehlow,
Carl, in Umiker-Sebeok and Sebeok. 1978:356.
Strehlow says this = iltjenma, q.v., and specifies,
"Close [fingers] 4, 5 on the ball of the thumb, spread
fingers 2, 3—which are held in the shape of a boomerang
(back of the hand up)—close them together a few
times, and rest them on 1, as if they would grip something."
FIGURE 5.—Representative freshwater shrimps from Peru and Chile (left) and from Central America (right),
(cephalothorax) and the laterally flattened rostrum discussed on page 3. From Holthuis. 1952, plates 10 and 34.
Note the elongated body