Virilastacus

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Kingdom Animalia Class Malacostraca Family Parastacidae Rank Genus		Subphylum Crustacea Infraorder Astacidea Phylum Arthropoda Order Decapoda
Similar Parastacus, Decapoda, Parastacus pugnax, Samastacus spinifrons, Engaewa

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.

Species

Virilastacus araucanius Faxon, 1914

Virilastacus jarai Erich H. Rudolph and Keith A. Crandall, 2012

Virilastacus retamali Erich H. Rudolph1 and Keith A. Crandall, 2007

Virilastacus rucapihuelensis Rudolph and Crandall, 2005

References

Virilastacus Wikipedia

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