Parastacus

Parastacus is a genus of southern crawfish in the family Parastacidae. There are about 15 described species in Parastacus, found in South America. In addition, there are some preserved specimens from Australia that are possibly members of this genus.^[1][2][3]

Parastacus brasiliensis, Brazil

Parastacus
Parastacus pugnax, Chile
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Suborder:	Pleocyemata
Family:	Parastacidae
Genus:	Parastacus Huxley, 1879

Species

These 15 species belong to the genus Parastacus:

• Parastacus brasiliensis (von Martens, 1869)
• Parastacus buckupi Huber, Ribeiro & Araujo, 2018
• Parastacus caeruleodactylus Ribeiro & Araujo, 2016 (blue-fingered burrowing crayfish)
• Parastacus defossus Faxon, 1898
• Parastacus fluviatilis Ribeiro & Buckup, 2016 (highland streams crayfish)
• Parastacus laevigatus Buckup & Rossi, 1980
• Parastacus macanudo Huber, Rockhill, Araujo & Ribeiro, 2020
• Parastacus nicoleti (Philippi, 1882)
• Parastacus pilicarpus Huber, Ribeiro & Araujo, 2018
• Parastacus pilimanus (von Martens, 1869)
• Parastacus promatensis Fontoura & Conter, 2008
• Parastacus pugnax (Poeppig, 1835)
• Parastacus saffordi Faxon, 1898
• Parastacus tuerkayi Ribeiro, Huber & Araujo, 2017
• Parastacus varicosus Faxon, 1898

References

1. "Parastacus". GBIF. Retrieved 2021-10-25.
2. "World Register of Marine Species, genus Parastacus". Retrieved 2021-10-25.
3. Crandall, Keith A.; De Grave, Sammy (2017). "An updated classification of the freshwater crayfishes (Decapoda: Astacidea) of the world, with a complete species list". Journal of Crustacean Biology. 37 (5). doi:10.1093/jcbiol/rux070.

External links

• Media related to Parastacus at Wikimedia Commons