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Parastacus Huxley, 1879

885069  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:885069)

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  1. Species Parastacus bah Ribeiro & Araujo, 2024
  2. Species Parastacus brasiliensis (von Martens, 1869)
  3. Species Parastacus buckupi Huber, Ribeiro & Araujo, 2018
  4. Species Parastacus caeruleodactylus Ribeiro & Araujo in Ribeiro, Buckup, Martinez Gomes & Araujo, 2016
  5. Species Parastacus defossus Faxon, 1898
  6. Species Parastacus dincaoi Huber, Araujo & Ribeiro, 2024
  7. Species Parastacus fluviatilis Ribeiro & Buckup in Ribeiro, Buckup, Martinez Gomes & Araujo, 2016
  8. Species Parastacus gomesae Huber, Araujo & Ribeiro, 2022
  9. Species Parastacus guapo Huber, Araujo & Ribeiro, 2022
  10. Species Parastacus heterochaelis Ribeiro & Araujo, 2024
  11. Species Parastacus laevigatus Buckup & Rossi, 1980
  12. Species Parastacus longidactylus Huber, de Araujo & Ribeiro, 2024
  13. Species Parastacus macanudo Huber, Rockhill, Araujo & Ribeiro, 2020
  14. Species Parastacus manezinho Ribeiro & Araujo, 2024
  15. Species Parastacus nicoleti (Philippi, 1882)
  16. Species Parastacus pilicarpus Huber, Ribeiro & Araujo, 2018
  17. Species Parastacus pilimanus (von Martens, 1869)
  18. Species Parastacus promatensis Ferreira Fontoura & Conter, 2008
  19. Species Parastacus pugnax (Poeppig, 1835)
  20. Species Parastacus quasimodo Ribeiro & Araujo, 2024
  21. Species Parastacus rudolphi Ribeiro & Araujo, 2024
  22. Species Parastacus saffordi Faxon, 1898
  23. Species Parastacus schubarti Huber, Araujo & Ribeiro, 2024
  24. Species Parastacus tuerkayi Ribeiro, Huber & Araujo in Ribeiro, Huber, Schubart & Araujo, 2017
  25. Species Parastacus varicosus Faxon, 1898
  26. Species Parastacus agassizii Faxon, 1898 accepted as Samastacus spinifrons (Philippi, 1882) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  27. Species Parastacus araucanius Faxon, 1914 accepted as Virilastacus araucanius (Faxon, 1914) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  28. Species Parastacus hassleri Faxon, 1898 accepted as Parastacus pugnax (Poeppig, 1835) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
masculine
Huxley, T.H. (1879). On the classification and the distribution of the crayfishes. <em>Proceedings of the Scientific Meetings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1878(3): 752-788. [details] OpenAccess publication
DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Parastacus Huxley, 1879. Accessed at: https://www.decanet.info/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=885069 on 2025-09-13
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original description Huxley, T.H. (1879). On the classification and the distribution of the crayfishes. <em>Proceedings of the Scientific Meetings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1878(3): 752-788. [details] OpenAccess publication

basis of record Crandall, K.A.; De Grave, S. (2017). An updated classification of the freshwater crayfishes (Decapoda: Astacidea) of the world, with a complete species list. <em>Journal of Crustacean Biology.</em> 37: 615-653. (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/jcbiol/rux070 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Crandall, K. A., Fetzner, J. W. Jr., Jara, C. G., & Buckup, L. (2000). On the phylogenetic positioning of the South American freshwater crayfish genera (Decapoda: Parastacidae). <em>Journal of Crustacean Biology.</em> 20(3):530-540. [details] Available for editors  PDF available
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Parastacus) 
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