Engaeus spinicaudatus

{{Short description|Species of crustacean}}

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| status = CR

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Doran, N. |author2=Horwitz, P. |date=2010 |title=Engaeus spinicaudatus |volume=2010 |page=e.T7741A12846609 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T7741A12846609.en |access-date=15 November 2021}}

| taxon = Engaeus spinicaudatus

| authority = Horwitz, 1990

}}

Engaeus spinicaudatus, the Scottsdale burrowing crayfish, is a species of crayfish in the family Parastacidae. This species is only found in Tasmania, Australia.{{Cite web|title=Scottsdale Burrowing Crayfish - Threatened Species Link|url=https://www.threatenedspecieslink.tas.gov.au/Pages/Scottsdale-Burrowing-Crayfish.aspx|access-date=2021-11-18|website=www.threatenedspecieslink.tas.gov.au}} It is a medium-size burrowing crayfish with an adult carapace length of about 25 millimeters. It usually brown or purplish in color. The species is primarily found in wet buttongrass and healthy plains, but also occurs in surface seepages, floodplains of creeks and wet areas converted to pasture.