Comprehensive Description
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Parastacus defossus Faxon
Parastacus defossus Faxon, 1898:686, pl. 67: figs. 3, 4.—Riek, 1971:134.—Buckup and Rossi, 1980:677, figs. 15–17, 21.
TYPES.—Syntypes, USNM 19647 (3 specimens); MCZ 4776 (1 specimen).
TYPE LOCALITY.—Montevideo, Uruguay.
RANGE.—From Montevideo, Uruguay, to east central Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. (See Buckup and Rossi, 1980:677.)
HABITAT.—Burrows.
Parastacus laevigatus Buckup and Rossi
Parastacus laevigatus Buckup and Rossi, 1980:677, figs. 18–21.
TYPES.—Holotype, MN.UFRJ (male); paratypes, MN.UFRJ.
TYPE LOCALITY.—“Joinville, (Estrada da Cidra, Chácara dos Ipes), Santa Catarina, Brasil” (Buckup and Rossi, 1980:680).
RANGE.—Known from only two localities, in the extreme northeastern part of Santa Catarina, Brazil.
HABITAT.—Not reported.
- bibliographic citation
- Hobbs, Horton Holcombe, Jr. 1989. "An Illustrated Checklist of the American Crayfishes (Decapoda, Astacidae, Cambaridae, Parastacidae)." Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 1-236. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.480
