The lobster-like crustacean is a burrowing freshwater crayfish endemic to the Indonesian part of New Guinea, according to the study. Specimens have large eyes and claws, as well as smooth bodies.

Crayfish are also known as crawdads, crawfish, mudbugs and freshwater lobsters. Crayfish keep streams cleaner by eating decaying plants and animals. They are eaten, in turn, by fish, birds, reptiles, ...