Engaeus sternalis

{{Short description|Species of crayfish}}

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| status = CR

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Doran, N. |author2=Horwitz, P. |date=2010 |title=Engaeus sternalis |volume=2010 |page=e.T7742A12846889 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T7742A12846889.en |access-date=16 November 2021}}

| taxon = Engaeus sternalis

| authority = Clark, 1936

}}

Engaeus sternalis, the Warragul burrowing crayfish, is a species of crayfish in the family Parastacidae. It is endemic to Australia. It is only known from locations on the Labertuche Creek and Wattle Creek (a tributary of Labertouche Creek) in west Gippsland.{{Cite web|url=https://www.environment.vic.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0016/32533/Warragul_Burrowing_Cray_Engaeus_sternalis.pdf|title=Action Statement: Warragul Burrowing Crayfish Engaeus sternalis|last=The State of Victoria, Department of Sustainability and Environment|date=2004|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}} It is a cryptic, burrowing species with a very limited distribution, and virtually nothing is known about its ecology, population dynamics or habitat requirements.