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Issue: Vol. 5455 No. 1: 23 May 2024
Type: Monograph
Published: 2024-05-23
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5455.1.1
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Taxonomic review of the genus Parastacus Huxley, 1879 (Decapoda: Astacidea: Parastacidae) with description of five new species

Laboratório de Biologia Integrativa de Crustáceos; Departamento de Biologia; Faculdade de Filosofia; Ciências e Letras de Ribeirão Preto (FFCLRP); Universidade de São Paulo (USP); Ribeirão Preto; São Paulo; Brazil; Programa de Pós-graduação em Biologia Animal; Departamento de Zoologia (Laboratório de Carcinologia); Instituto de Biociências; Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS); Porto Alegre; Rio Grande do Sul; Brazil; Programa de Pós-graduação em Biologia Comparada; Faculdade de Filosofia; Ciências e Letras de Ribeirão Preto (FFCLRP); Universidade de São Paulo (USP); Ribeirão Preto; São Paulo; Brazil
Programa de Pós-graduação em Biologia Animal; Departamento de Zoologia (Laboratório de Carcinologia); Instituto de Biociências; Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS); Porto Alegre; Rio Grande do Sul; Brazil
Crustacea burrowing crayfish freshwater decapods neotropical crustaceans parastacid taxonomy

Abstract

The freshwater crayfish genus Parastacus Huxley, 1879 (Parastacidae) is reviewed. Seven species are redescribed: Parastacus brasiliensis (von Martens, 1869), P. defossus Faxon, 1898, P. laevigatus Buckup & Rossi, 1980, P. pilimanus (von Martens, 1869), P. pugnax (Poepigg, 1835), P. promatensis Fontoura & Conter, 2008, and P. varicosus Faxon, 1898. In addition, five new species are described: Parastacus bah, P. heterochaelis, P. manezinho, P. quasimodo and P. rudolphi. Descriptions, diagnoses, and synonyms of the genus and species are provided. In addition, information on the geographical distribution and an identification key is presented for all species.

 

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