Biology:Virilastacus
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Short description: Genus of crayfishes
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Family: | Parastacidae |
| Genus: | Virilastacus Hobbs, 1991 |
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| Virilastacus araucanius | |
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Virilastacus is a genus of freshwater burrowing crayfish species endemic to Chile . It has four described species. The first species was described in 1914, but since 2005, three other species have been added to this genus.[1][2]
Species
- Virilastacus araucanius Faxon, 1914
- Virilastacus jarai Erich H. Rudolph and Keith A. Crandall, 2012[3]
- Virilastacus retamali Erich H. Rudolph and Keith A. Crandall, 2007[4]
- Virilastacus rucapihuelensis Rudolph and Crandall, 2005[5]
References
- ↑ Rudolph, Erich H.; Crandall, Keith A. (2012), "A new species of burrowing crayfish, Virilastacus jarai (Crustacea, Decapoda, Parastacidae) from central-southern Chile", Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 125 (3): 258–275, doi:10.2988/11-39.1
- ↑ (in Spanish) Ficha de antecedentes de especie: Virilastacus araucanius, Ministry of the Environment, 2013, pp. 1–6, http://www.mma.gob.cl/clasificacionespecies/fichas10proceso/Virilastacus_araucanius_RES_INICIO.pdf
- ↑ "A new species of burrowing crayfish, Virilastacus jarai (Crustacea, Decapoda, Parastacidae) from central-southern Chile"
- ↑ "A New Species of Burrowing Crayfish Virilastacus Retamali (Decapoda: Parastacidae) from the Southern Chile Peatland"
- ↑ Buckup, L. (2010). "Virilastacus rucapihuelensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010: e.T153746A4539751. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T153746A4539751.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/153746/4539751. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
Wikidata ☰ Q18395466 entry
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