Decanet taxon details
Virilastacus Hobbs, 1991
885073 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:885073)
accepted
Genus
Parastacus araucanius Faxon, 1914 accepted as Virilastacus araucanius (Faxon, 1914) (type by original designation)
recent only
masculine
Hobbs, H.H., Jr. (1991). A new generic assignment for a South American crayfish (Decapoda: Parastacidae) with revised diagnoses of the South American genera and comments on the parastacid mandible. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 104: 800-811. [details] Available for editors 
DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Virilastacus Hobbs, 1991. Accessed at: https://www.decanet.info/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=885073 on 2025-09-12
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Hobbs, H.H., Jr. (1991). A new generic assignment for a South American crayfish (Decapoda: Parastacidae) with revised diagnoses of the South American genera and comments on the parastacid mandible. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 104: 800-811. [details] Available for editors
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
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
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
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